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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
Noun
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Especially when the incoming targets cost a fraction of this.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Mar. 2026
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Utah has received just a fraction of its normal snowpack, with this February 2026 photo depicting very low coverage in the mountains around Park City.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Part of a larger set, this data also tracks the first 95-degree day and 100-degree day, as well as how many triple-digit days the region sees each year.—
Julia James,
Dallas Morning News,
18 Mar. 2026
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Local news outlet Arizona’s Family reported that temperatures in the Phoenix, Arizona, area are the warmest ever recorded this early in the year, and will likely crest triple digits at multiple points during the week.—
Owen Clarke,
Outside,
18 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Specifically, the issue involves something called an integer overflow.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
10 Mar. 2026
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Encryption: current encryption techniques require decomposing large integers (on which RSA encryption is based) created as a product of prime numbers, into their prime factors.—
Sabbir Rangwala,
Forbes.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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That number is expected to grow and will eventually account for the cost of restocking the Pentagon’s missiles and interceptors, not to mention potential extended deployments of American service members in the region.—
Christian Datoc,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Mar. 2026
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The administration cut more than 80 staffers in Near Eastern Affairs, according to numbers compiled by a State Department employee who was terminated last year.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
20 Mar. 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 22 Mar. 2026.
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