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decimal

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as in fraction

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Recent Examples of decimal Again, multiply the resulting decimal by 100. — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 10 June 2026 The problem is that these things, even at the second decimal, accumulate over half a century. — Derek Thompson, The Atlantic, 26 May 2026 The young girl is reading at a 12th-grade level and mastering math concepts such as fractions, decimals and even exponents. — Jasmine Viel, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026 Sometimes things immediately sparked my interest just by scanning Dewey’s decimals or walking down the aisles. — Nina West september 24, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for decimal

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First, Chinese inference providers keep pushing per-token costs down toward fractions of a cent, which is not only about winning customers away from US providers.

— Ashish Bhatia, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
That’s only a fraction of his NFL journey, which Josh Kendall details in this insightful story.

— Jacob Robinson, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of fraction

Noun

The recent rise is still well short of the blistering price inflation of the pandemic era, which saw double-digit increases throughout 2021 and parts of 2020 and 2022.

— Bloomberg, Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2026
You’re prompted to complete a connection or verification step, which is where the six-digit code comes in.

— Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of digit

Noun

Nvidia’s internal testing claims a slight performance edge over AMD’s current server chips in integer workloads.

— Steve McDowell, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Python, for example, is a popular programming language that is famously smooth at handling integers of any size.

— Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 13 July 2026

Definition of integer

Noun

Kalshi's counsel will note the number exceeds the entire US gaming industry's annual revenue, which is presumably the point.

— Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026
The same conundrum saw investors punish Alphabet and Tesla, but reward Microsoft and Amazon for accelerating revenue growth and posting blowout backlog numbers this quarter.

— Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of number

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