percentage
noun
per·cent·age
pər-ˈsen-tij 
1
a
: a part of a whole expressed in hundredths
a high percentage of students attended
b
: the result obtained by multiplying a number by a percent
the percentage equals the rate times the base
2
3
: an indeterminate part : proportion
4
a
b
: favorable odds
Examples of percentage in a Sentence
If a goalie saves 96 out of 100 shots, his save percentage is 96 percent.
The percentages of women completing high school and college were 95 percent and 52 percent, respectively.
What percentage of your income do you spend on rent?
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The percentage of Latinos in poverty hovered around 22% for much of the 1970s but shot up to 29% in the 1980s as the population kept growing.
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Russell Contreras, Axios, 16 July 2024
Tovar, who the Rockies gave a seven-year, $65 million contract extension ahead of the season, is batting .274 with a .302 on base percentage, 14 home runs and 42 RBI at the All-Star break.
—Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 15 July 2024
One of the major findings of the report was that, for estimates of when infants received the first dose of the DTP vaccine, 89% of infants did so in 2023, which is the same percentage as in 2022.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 15 July 2024
As the name strongly suggests, the familiar roll of foil most of us keep stocked in our kitchens is 98.5 percent pure aluminum; the final percentage is typically made up of materials like silicon, iron, magnesium, and manganese—all incorporated to improve the foil’s strength.
—Darcy Lenz, Southern Living, 13 July 2024
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Russell Contreras, Axios, 16 July 2024
Tovar, who the Rockies gave a seven-year, $65 million contract extension ahead of the season, is batting .274 with a .302 on base percentage, 14 home runs and 42 RBI at the All-Star break.
—Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 15 July 2024
One of the major findings of the report was that, for estimates of when infants received the first dose of the DTP vaccine, 89% of infants did so in 2023, which is the same percentage as in 2022.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 15 July 2024
As the name strongly suggests, the familiar roll of foil most of us keep stocked in our kitchens is 98.5 percent pure aluminum; the final percentage is typically made up of materials like silicon, iron, magnesium, and manganese—all incorporated to improve the foil’s strength.
—Darcy Lenz, Southern Living, 13 July 2024
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“Percentage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/percentage. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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percentage
noun
per·cent·age
pər-ˈsent-ij
1
a
: a part of a whole expressed in hundredths
a high percentage of students attended
b
: the result obtained by multiplying a number by a percent
the percentage equals the rate times the base
2
a
: probability sense 3a
play the percentages
b
: favorable odds
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