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Recent Examples of decimal
This is, however, all a best-case scenario, with a nimble and proactive agency willing to work fast to fine-tune campaign performance down to the decimal.
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Sergii Denysenko, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
If the total is showing a decimal like 36.5, go to the nearest whole number.
—Bianca London, Glamour, 28 Mar. 2025
But Pi Day isn’t just about equations and infinite decimals.
—Matt Rozo, The Mercury News, 14 Mar. 2025
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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Sergii Denysenko, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
If the total is showing a decimal like 36.5, go to the nearest whole number.
—Bianca London, Glamour, 28 Mar. 2025
But Pi Day isn’t just about equations and infinite decimals.
—Matt Rozo, The Mercury News, 14 Mar. 2025
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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Most buyers won’t care whether the design language originated in Stuttgart or Shanghai if the result looks sleek, futuristic, and costs a fraction of a Taycan.—
Utkarsh Sood
June 05,
New Atlas,
5 June 2026
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These mealtime shortcuts offer all of the flavor for a fraction of the prep time.—
Sonal Dutt,
PEOPLE,
3 June 2026
Noun
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However, first-time voters who registered by mail without providing a driver license number, state ID or the last four digits of their Social Security number might be required to show identification.—
Camryn Dadey,
Sacbee.com,
3 June 2026
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Offense was hard to come by, though — neither side cracked triple-digit scoring, and the series closeout was a 78-77 grinder.—
Esfandiar Baraheni,
New York Times,
3 June 2026
Noun
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And instead of using a whole-number grid with points like (1,3) or (-3,6), the AI construction used something called algebraic integers to build this more complicated grid.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
1 June 2026
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That’s because for 99% of human history, information arrived into brains mainly as whole integers – as people, things and events.—
Owen D. Jones,
The Conversation,
26 May 2026
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Some fans also pointed out the designs appeared to contain 13 clouds, the singer's favorite number.—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
5 June 2026
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Following a resurgence during the pandemic, participation numbers hit record heights last year.—
Jack Bantock,
CNN Money,
5 June 2026
Noun
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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 9 Jun. 2026.
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