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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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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
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The assembly hall also represented a small fraction of people who ultimately will determine the nomination.—
Nick Coltrain,
Denver Post,
28 Mar. 2026
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Meanwhile, a series of murders and missing persons cases are beginning to look like the work of a single Bible-loving perpetrator, somebody adept at removing digits and leaving clues that seem to point to a serial killer.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Mar. 2026
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Experts say triple-digit days typically arrive by May, not March.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
22 Mar. 2026
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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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To be a K-pop fan is to watch the numbers.—
Mitch Therieau,
New Yorker,
27 Mar. 2026
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The infant mortality rate, the number of babies who die before their first birthday, decreased to 5 deaths per 1,000 births from 2021-2023, according to the report.—
Briah Lumpkins,
Charlotte Observer,
27 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 29 Mar. 2026.
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