percentage point
noun
: one hundredth of a whole : percent
interest rates rose one percentage point from 6.5 percent to 7.5 percent
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The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party came in second place, projected to receive 16% of the vote – a 5 percentage point club from the 2019 European Parliament election.
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Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 10 June 2024
Treasury-bill rates, which closely track the Fed’s benchmark rate, have gone up by about half a percentage point in those longer-term projections.
—Viktoria Dendrinou, Fortune, 26 May 2024
To be exact, each 10-cent increase in the gas price was associated with more than half a percentage point decline in presidential approval, the research showed.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 24 May 2024
In 2020, Biden defeated Trump in Arizona by less than half a percentage point.
—Laura Gersony, The Arizona Republic, 10 May 2024
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Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 10 June 2024
Treasury-bill rates, which closely track the Fed’s benchmark rate, have gone up by about half a percentage point in those longer-term projections.
—Viktoria Dendrinou, Fortune, 26 May 2024
To be exact, each 10-cent increase in the gas price was associated with more than half a percentage point decline in presidential approval, the research showed.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 24 May 2024
In 2020, Biden defeated Trump in Arizona by less than half a percentage point.
—Laura Gersony, The Arizona Republic, 10 May 2024
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“Percentage point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/percentage%20point. Accessed 14 Jun. 2024.
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