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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 percentages
The percentages and dollar figures in the report are only a fraction of the real problem.
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Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Through 2025, the credit is calculated using a formula that considers 20% to 35% of expenses (the percentages go down as incomes go up), up to a maximum of $3,000 in expenses for one child and $6,000 for two or more.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Executives should establish concentration thresholds and monitoring systems, setting limits on critical capability percentages residing in single individuals.
—Sabeer Nelliparamban, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Scientists with the Sarasota Bay Estuary Program and Suncoast Waterkeeper recently began the advanced sampling to pinpoint percentages of fecal indicator bacteria sources around the Palma Sola Causeway.
—Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
Although there is evidence that click-through rates from Google searches are being affected, with the growth in this metric slowing from high single digit percentages to low single digit percentages, according to Wall Street analysts, the company insists the overall search volumes are up.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2025
In the 1980 and 1984 presidential elections, county residents delivered the state’s highest percentages of votes for Ronald Reagan.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 31 Aug. 2025
That number will serve as the base from which the percentages are derived.
—Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 30 Aug. 2025
The Tennessean crafted a map showing where the traffic stops took place using data from an analysis of dispatch reports, which were census areas with high percentages of Hispanic or Latino residents.
—Liam Adams, The Tennessean, 29 Aug. 2025
Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Through 2025, the credit is calculated using a formula that considers 20% to 35% of expenses (the percentages go down as incomes go up), up to a maximum of $3,000 in expenses for one child and $6,000 for two or more.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Executives should establish concentration thresholds and monitoring systems, setting limits on critical capability percentages residing in single individuals.
—Sabeer Nelliparamban, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Scientists with the Sarasota Bay Estuary Program and Suncoast Waterkeeper recently began the advanced sampling to pinpoint percentages of fecal indicator bacteria sources around the Palma Sola Causeway.
—Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
Although there is evidence that click-through rates from Google searches are being affected, with the growth in this metric slowing from high single digit percentages to low single digit percentages, according to Wall Street analysts, the company insists the overall search volumes are up.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2025
In the 1980 and 1984 presidential elections, county residents delivered the state’s highest percentages of votes for Ronald Reagan.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 31 Aug. 2025
That number will serve as the base from which the percentages are derived.
—Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 30 Aug. 2025
The Tennessean crafted a map showing where the traffic stops took place using data from an analysis of dispatch reports, which were census areas with high percentages of Hispanic or Latino residents.
—Liam Adams, The Tennessean, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for percentages
probabilities
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Shark bite risk for water users remains extremely low, but a combination of factors (including increasing shark abundance, shifts in predator and prey distributions, and rising human attendance at beaches) can increase encounter probabilities.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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The extra copy is a problem, again spoiling the careful accounting of probabilities that quantum mechanics relies on.—
Matt von Hippel,
Quanta Magazine,
27 Aug. 2025
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“Percentages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/percentages. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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