a character used to represent a mathematical value
since percentages have been rounded off to whole numbers, the total will not be exactly equal to 100%
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Recent Examples of whole numberIf the total is showing a decimal like 36.5, go to the nearest whole number.—Bianca London, Glamour, 28 Mar. 2025 In the March 6 episode of Hulu's The Kardashians, the Good American founder celebrated her 40th birthday while wearing a bejeweled denim corset, a pair of darker skin-revealing jeans and a denim cowboy hat to match the whole number.—Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 6 Mar. 2025 To use the tool, taxpayers will need to enter their Social Security number, or ITIN, their filing status and exact dollar amount of their refund rounded to the nearest whole number.—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 21 Feb. 2025 All projections and probabilities are rounded to the nearest whole number.—Dom Luszczyszyn, The Athletic, 23 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for whole number
When the track was first certified, those numbers only included actual sales, but in the past several years, streaming activity has been added to the RIAA’s methodology.
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Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
In May, Patel told Congress his goal is to move about 10% of the Bureau's Washington workforce — about 1,500 people — away from the D.C. area and redeploy them across the country, including a sizable number of personnel at the FBI's facility in Huntsville, Alabama.
The past few days, when temperatures have been reaching into triple digits, made the children feel as ...
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Michael Brendan Dougherty,
National Review,
30 June 2025
The heat wave hitting Baltimore, which has caused temperatures to rise to the triple digits, is projected to continue into Thursday, perhaps with afternoon storms.
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Baltimore Sun staff,
Baltimore Sun,
25 June 2025
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