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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Bianco earned a 1 percentage point increase, while Mahan and Porter lost 3 and 5 percentage points, respectively.
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Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2026
Last year, when prices spent a considerable amount of time under $3 a gallon on average, gas added about a tenth of a percentage point to the company’s gross margin.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 31 May 2026
That is a stark contrast from the March 3 primary, when Cornyn came out on top of Paxton by one percentage point.
—Jack Fink, CBS News, 31 May 2026
Meanwhile, the majority of retirement savers continued to contribute during the first quarter, helped by features like auto-escalation, which automatically raises a worker’s savings rate each year, often by a percentage point at a time, Fidelity said.
—Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 28 May 2026
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Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2026
Last year, when prices spent a considerable amount of time under $3 a gallon on average, gas added about a tenth of a percentage point to the company’s gross margin.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 31 May 2026
That is a stark contrast from the March 3 primary, when Cornyn came out on top of Paxton by one percentage point.
—Jack Fink, CBS News, 31 May 2026
Meanwhile, the majority of retirement savers continued to contribute during the first quarter, helped by features like auto-escalation, which automatically raises a worker’s savings rate each year, often by a percentage point at a time, Fidelity said.
—Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 28 May 2026
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“Percentage point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/percentage%20point. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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