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Recent Examples of decimal
The problem is that these things, even at the second decimal, accumulate over half a century.
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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.
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Jasmine Viel,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
Sometimes things immediately sparked my interest just by scanning Dewey’s decimals or walking down the aisles.
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Nina West
september 24,
Literary Hub,
24 Sep. 2025
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
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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
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.
—
Sergii Denysenko,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for decimal
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At the same time, Russia’s sovereign wealth fund, which has been tapped to cover budget shortfalls, is being rapidly depleted and just a fraction of prewar levels.
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Only about a quarter of the American workforce has formal STEM training, a far smaller fraction of which has the specific vocational background needed in aerospace production.
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These vibrant cable locks loop into the zippers of your carry-on, checked suitcase, or duffel bag, and have a three-digit combination that can be safely bypassed by TSA for quick inspections, no bolt cutter needed.
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For Fresno and areas further south, temps in some spots will rise again into the triple digits.
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When Ars first reported on AcuRite in May, AcuRite NOW lacked some features of My AcuRite, including the ability to rename multiple temperature sensors, report temperatures in non-integers, as well as an online dashboard option.
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The number 3, for example, is simultaneously an integer, a natural number, and a real number.
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Seventy vessels transited the critical waterway on Wednesday, the highest number since the war with Iran began in late February, according to Marine Traffic.
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The final attendance number fell just shy of a sellout at 68,391.
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From intuition To numerics Turning dread into numbers is possible.
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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.
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“Decimal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decimal. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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