Synonyms of percentages

percentages

noun

plural of percentage

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• probabilities
• odds
• possibilities
• chances
• potentials
• prospects
• potentialities
• contingencies
• outlooks
• conditional probabilities

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of percentages

Organized crime operations from several cities, including Chicago, New York and Detroit, had established control of casinos up and down the Vegas Strip and devised schemes to skim percentages of the cash under the noses of state regulators. — Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

Instead of negotiating discounts off hospitals’ inflated list prices, Montana’s health plan started paying percentages of what Medicare paid for all services. — Bob Herman, STAT, 18 Aug. 2026

The 2027 budget also expresses the state’s intent to gradually increase these percentages and to extend weighted funding to students with disabilities beginning in fiscal year 2028. — Jason Burns, The Conversation, 17 Aug. 2026

Hodges twice led the NBA in three-point percentages for a season and won the three-point shooting contest at the All-Star game three times, once making 19 in a row. — Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2026

More often than not, 50% of their rights were surrendered, while percentages of future sales and buy back clauses have also been inserted into the terms of the deal as part of a new transfer policy. — Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026

Treasury teams are not, in most cases, putting large percentages of reserves into Bitcoin. — Matthew Kayser, Ascend Agency, 10 Aug. 2026

The five-star analyst highlighted that Lam Research’s September-quarter revenue and EPS outlook exceeded the Street’s expectations by mid-teens percentages. — CNBC, 9 Aug. 2026

But financial market restrictions have kept the renminbi’s share of global foreign exchange reserves to low single-digit percentages. — Mark Jia, Foreign Affairs, 7 Aug. 2026