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
“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
When DNA grown in 15N is switched to media containing 14N, after one round of cell division the DNA sediments halfway between the 15N and 14N levels, indicating that it now contains fifty percent 14N.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Tats 2: “So, two hundred percent into you, fifty percent nerdy, I guess that equals one hundred and fifty percent worthy.”
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
