decimal

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Recent Examples of decimal Unlike some scales that give a decimal reading for pounds, the Greater Goods scale features accuracy down to 0.1 ounces and provides measurements in pounds with ounces, decimal pounds, or kilograms. Laura Lu, Ms, Parents, 21 Mar. 2024 The closer that decimal is to one, the more compact the district is. Journal Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2024 Being effective may well require a prospective tutor to get a refresher on how to add fractions with unlike denominators or multiply decimals, but a bachelor’s degree, while nice, shouldn’t be a prerequisite. Michael Thomas Duffy, Hartford Courant, 31 Jan. 2024 Of course, that doesn't make their mating calls, which can produce sounds as high as least 90 decimals, according to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, any more pleasant to the human year. USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2024 See All Example Sentences for decimal
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Noun
  • In the years since Mendoza’s sentencing, as in the years before, only a tiny fraction of farms are investigated for potential H-2A violations.
    ProPublica, ProPublica, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Last but not least the DeFi sector – even with nearly $200 billion in total value locked – remains a miniscule fraction of the overall lending market and financial ecosystem.
    Sean Stein Smith, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • That's up 16% from 512,000 savers who broke into seven digits on their 401(k) statements in the first quarter's turbulent market.
    Susan Tompor, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Since most states only collect the last four digits of Social Security numbers from voters, the latest upgrade swung open the door for many more states to use SAVE.
    Miles Parks, NPR, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Algorithms are old—around 300 B.C., Euclid invented one for finding the greatest common divisor of two integers.
    Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
  • The curriculum tackles a small number of seminal topics in each school year—like ratio and proportion or the concept of integers—and teaches these deeply from multiple angles.
    Linda Darling-Hammond, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
Noun
  • At one point, a running number tied to Boys and Girls Clubs of America flashed on the screen, starting at $100,000.
    Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • These medications can lower the number of neutrophils, a type of white blood cell that helps fight bacterial infections.
    Lindsay Curtis, Health, 14 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • From intuition To numerics Turning dread into numbers is possible.
    Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
  • The diminished Northeast population appears to be driven by New York, which ranks first in both numeric and per capita population decline.
    Danny McDonald, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Dec. 2022

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“Decimal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decimal. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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