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[per-sent] / pərˈsɛnt /


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In a Belgian case series involving 100 people who received phage treatment, 77 percent experienced an improvement in their clinical condition.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026

Last year, 43 percent of Turkey's electricity came from clean energy sources, of which wind and solar accounted for 22 percent, according to energy think tank Ember.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026

In 61 percent of cases, tests could no longer detect the bacteria that the treatment had targeted.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026

This is especially true in China, where Toyota again saw its unit sales plunge 25 percent year-on-year in the second quarter.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026

Spotting the Butterfly was 100 percent dumb luck.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

But we’ve had several percents on the mortgage rate in a short period of time,” said Diane Swonk, chief economist at KPMG.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 27, 2022

In Oklahoma, about 60 percents of patients are now from Texas.

From New York Times ● Dec. 10, 2021

"Fifty percent of them want him to, and 50 percent don't want him to. I try to play both 50 percents."

From Reuters ● Jan. 27, 2017

And when you add up all those weeks he’s had to re-do the loan, the yearly interest rate could add up to hundreds of percents.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 7, 2016

Wearing it in class when the teacher droned on about fractions and percents.

From "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies


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