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
Several smaller programs for colleges with certain percentages of Asian American, Black or Native American students were also reduced.
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Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
The percentages used to describe a window tint involve visible light transmission (VLT).
—Keenan Thompson, Freep.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Transparency reports, bias-check percentages and source audits were published internally, ensuring decisions made by AI models, such as supplier selection or prioritization, could be audited and defended.
—Hemanth Volikatla, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The findings are weighted based on percentages pulled from a February 2025 public survey, which gave people across the nation the chance to vote for the things that mattered most to them when considering where to live, with quality of life coming out on top.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 10 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
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
Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
The percentages used to describe a window tint involve visible light transmission (VLT).
—Keenan Thompson, Freep.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Transparency reports, bias-check percentages and source audits were published internally, ensuring decisions made by AI models, such as supplier selection or prioritization, could be audited and defended.
—Hemanth Volikatla, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The findings are weighted based on percentages pulled from a February 2025 public survey, which gave people across the nation the chance to vote for the things that mattered most to them when considering where to live, with quality of life coming out on top.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 10 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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for percentages
probabilities
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Investors can either position themselves before the announcement based on previous probabilities or wait to take advantage of post-earnings movements in the days that follow.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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From there, traders are assigning a better than 70% chance of cuts in both October and December, according to the CME Group's FedWatch Tool, which gauges rate cut probabilities using 30-day fed funds futures contract prices.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Percentages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/percentages. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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