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
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
