as in probability
a measure of how often an event will occur instead of another
since most car thefts are never solved, there will always be greedy people ready to take advantage of this percentage
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Recent Examples of percentage
That evolved into a star creator program today, where creators have a code that players can enter in the shop to receive a percentage of sales.
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Jennifer Maas, Variety, 24 Apr. 2026
Colorado residents have faced the highest percentage premium increases measured in any state this decade, according to a ranking from Lending Tree.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 24 Apr. 2026
That’s a reference to a 2025 report from the Education Law Center, which found North Carolina is last in the percentage of the state’s wealth that goes toward K-12 public education.
—Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2026
Gross margin, the percentage of revenue remaining after deducting the cost of production, was 41% in the quarter on an adjusted basis.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2026
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Jennifer Maas, Variety, 24 Apr. 2026
Colorado residents have faced the highest percentage premium increases measured in any state this decade, according to a ranking from Lending Tree.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 24 Apr. 2026
That’s a reference to a 2025 report from the Education Law Center, which found North Carolina is last in the percentage of the state’s wealth that goes toward K-12 public education.
—Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2026
Gross margin, the percentage of revenue remaining after deducting the cost of production, was 41% in the quarter on an adjusted basis.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for percentage
probability
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Personalized treatments could help the field move beyond symptom suppression and toward functional remission, optimizing the probability of therapeutic success and eventually evolving into improved prevention.—
Eric J. Nestler,
STAT,
28 Apr. 2026
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The probability of lightning strikes rises as a thunderstorm approaches and peaks when the storm is directly above.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Percentage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/percentage. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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