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percent

[per-sent] / pərˈsɛnt /


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"Cars drive about five percent of the time. Ninety-five percent of the time they are standing still in a car park somewhere," he explained.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

But the World Bank said Thursday the year would likely see growth of no more than 5.0 percent under the strains of high public spending.

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

I can get only about seventy-five percent of my hair into an elastic at any given time, and messing around with bobby pins is increasing the frizz.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison




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