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percent

[per-sent] / pərˈsɛnt /


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Since the coup, the rate of young people feeling "unsafe" or "very unsafe" walking alone at night has more than doubled to 40 percent, according to a 2025 UN report.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

Infringing on consumer protection laws can lead to fines of up to 10 percent of a company's global revenue.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Thirty percent of the homeless population consists of families, most of whom are households headed by women with preschool-age children.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

According to Dong, that performance is exceptionally strong, exceeding the capacity of conventional DAC technologies by 10 to 50 percent.

From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026

In the ensuing two weeks, the publicly traded index of triple-B-rated subprime mortgage bonds fell by nearly 20 percent.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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