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Recent Examples of decimal
The leaders of those and other rate stats — expressed with decimals — are now sprinkled with Negro League standouts.
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Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2024
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
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Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2024
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for decimal
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Solar stayed flat at a fraction of the amount of coal and natural gas power.—
MATTHEW DALY,
Arkansas Online,
8 Feb. 2026
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Many cities allocate a fraction of the hotel tax, casino, or convention revenue to their tourism bureaus.—
John Calvelli,
New York Daily News,
7 Feb. 2026
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Eli Lilly 's fourth-quarter results blew past Wall Street estimates on Wednesday, as key GLP-1 drugs, Mounjaro for diabetes and Zepbound to treat obesity, grew triple-digits — and there's still plenty of growth ahead.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
4 Feb. 2026
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In a video posted on her Instagram Stories, Dunne was spotted in the right-handed batter’s box braving some pitches by Skenes, who can hit triple digits with his fastball at a whim.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
2 Feb. 2026
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Next, arrange the nodes in a circle and label each one with an integer.—
Leila Sloman,
Quanta Magazine,
28 Jan. 2026
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In 1980 Klaus von Klitzing at the Planck Institute for Solid State Research, in Stuttgart, Germany, discovered the integer quantum Hall effect.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
13 Dec. 2025
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Callella, 42, is accused of using a voice over internet protocol text and call application to surreptitiously reach out to the family, but authorities were able to link the phone number to his email address and, later, his residence, according to the complaint.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
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In 2024, however, the state wildlife commission doubled the number of available tags.—
Kris Millgate,
Outdoor Life,
6 Feb. 2026
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From intuition To numerics Turning dread into numbers is possible.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
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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 11 Feb. 2026.
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