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[per-sent] / pərˈsɛnt /


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In a Belgian case series involving 100 people who received phage treatment, 77 percent experienced an improvement in their clinical condition.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026

Australia's central bank raised its key interest rate to an 18-year high of 4.85 percent on Tuesday, citing the prolonged war in the Middle East and persistent inflationary pressures.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026

In 61 percent of cases, tests could no longer detect the bacteria that the treatment had targeted.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026

However, the forecast still foresees a year-on-year decline in profit of 7.2 percent.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026

Both of the new domes, together, replace less than 10 percent of what the May 18, 1980 eruption—the big one—had blown away.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

“The growth in the West is relative to a smaller base than we’ve seen in the East — that’s why the percents are so high,” Mr. Humphreys said.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 21, 2023

But if you’re willing to pile enough of those 2 percents together over 20 years, they can turn into seven diamond rings.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 12, 2021

“They are not accurate enough. I’m moving not well enough, so everything in my game, there are some percents missing. I don’t really know why.”

From New York Times ● May 30, 2021

"Fifty percent of them want him to, and 50 percent don't want him to. I try to play both 50 percents."

From Reuters ● Jan. 27, 2017

Wearing it in class when the teacher droned on about fractions and percents.

From "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies


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