as in probabilities
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 29-year-old is on pace for career highs in a slew of statistical categories — including points and assists per game, and field-goal and true shooting percentages — and was coming off a sensational 50-point performance Saturday night against the Clippers.
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Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 6 Jan. 2026
The quality of play over 55 minutes (solid shooting percentages, limited fouls and turnovers) made it that much better.
—Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2026
His percentages of on-target and bad throws, as rated by Football Reference, are better than his career averages.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 4 Jan. 2026
The save percentages haven’t improved, but the wins have come more often.
—Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2026
As the 2025-26 ice season kicks off, researchers will track ice percentages daily.
—Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 30 Dec. 2025
While resorts across Colorado are reporting far below normal snowfall and paltry percentages of open terrain for the peak holiday period, one ski area is managing just fine because its mountain operations team has figured out ways to make a little go a long way.
—John Meyer, Denver Post, 29 Dec. 2025
All candidates, regardless of party, will appear on the same June 2 primary election ballot, and the two with the highest percentages of the vote — no matter how small those shares may be — will face each other in the November election.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 23 Dec. 2025
Ultimate donation California, the most populous state, has one of the nation’s lowest organ donor registration percentages.
—Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 7 Nov. 2025
Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 6 Jan. 2026
The quality of play over 55 minutes (solid shooting percentages, limited fouls and turnovers) made it that much better.
—Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2026
His percentages of on-target and bad throws, as rated by Football Reference, are better than his career averages.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 4 Jan. 2026
The save percentages haven’t improved, but the wins have come more often.
—Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2026
As the 2025-26 ice season kicks off, researchers will track ice percentages daily.
—Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 30 Dec. 2025
While resorts across Colorado are reporting far below normal snowfall and paltry percentages of open terrain for the peak holiday period, one ski area is managing just fine because its mountain operations team has figured out ways to make a little go a long way.
—John Meyer, Denver Post, 29 Dec. 2025
All candidates, regardless of party, will appear on the same June 2 primary election ballot, and the two with the highest percentages of the vote — no matter how small those shares may be — will face each other in the November election.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 23 Dec. 2025
Ultimate donation California, the most populous state, has one of the nation’s lowest organ donor registration percentages.
—Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 7 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for percentages
probabilities
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This has always been about embracing probabilities, not the luxury of following certainties.—
Sam McDowell
November 4,
Kansas City Star,
4 Nov. 2025
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But new Silicon Valley companies such as Orchid are taking it one step further, quite literally scraping off genetic material from embryos to allow for a full gamut of embryo comparisons, including disease probabilities but also things like BMI, depression risk, hair color and more.—
Abby McCloskey,
Twin Cities,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Percentages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/percentages. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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