fifty percent

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That is down from September 2004, when it had about 10,200 employees, a decrease of about fifteen percent, even though the economy is nearly fifty percent larger.

From Salon • Jan. 1, 2025

“He won 62% of the Hispanic vote, fifty percent of single females and won by a million and a half votes,” the congressman said.

From Washington Times • Apr. 7, 2023

“How do we discuss the issue of peace and security and leave out fifty percent of the population?”

From Seattle Times • Mar. 7, 2023

Treating that population at home is a potentially lucrative market: Revenue in home health care grew by more than fifty percent between 2013 and 2020, according to the Census Bureau.

From Washington Post • Sep. 4, 2022

“Would you rather have two-thirds of nothing and a big problem on your hands, or would you rather have fifty percent of a whole lot, problem-free?”

From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon