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Recent Examples of decimal
Of course, that doesn't make their mating calls, which can produce sounds as high as least 90 decimals, according to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, any more pleasant to the human year.
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USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2024
Body fat percentage readings from the QardioBase X were within decimals of those from the Omron, while the Wyze Scale X was generally off by a percentage point or two for this metric.
—PCMAG, 6 Feb. 2024
This can be easily understood by simply moving the decimal in the above example.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 4 Dec. 2023
After a few minutes of bites and banter, Mr. Portnoy renders his verdict, on a scale from zero to 10 that includes decimals.
—Amelia Nierenberg, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2023
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USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2024
Body fat percentage readings from the QardioBase X were within decimals of those from the Omron, while the Wyze Scale X was generally off by a percentage point or two for this metric.
—PCMAG, 6 Feb. 2024
This can be easily understood by simply moving the decimal in the above example.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 4 Dec. 2023
After a few minutes of bites and banter, Mr. Portnoy renders his verdict, on a scale from zero to 10 that includes decimals.
—Amelia Nierenberg, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for decimal
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To leverage this competitive advantage fully, businesses must prioritize funding women-founded AI startups, which currently receive only a fraction of venture capital investment despite often delivering higher returns on investment.—
Committee of 200,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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In fact, Maduro’s family and inner circle have directly benefited from the smuggling of hundreds of millions in the precious metal while sending only a minor fraction to the state’s coffers, a Miami Herald investigation discovered in 2019.—
Antonio Maria Delgado,
Miami Herald,
11 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Under this bill, they will be required to produce more personal information, such as the last four digits of their Social Security number.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
14 Mar. 2025
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As of 2021, researchers have calculated pi to over 62.8 trillion digits.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
Newsweek,
13 Mar. 2025
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Unlike the more familiar real numbers – positive and negative integers, fractions, square roots, cube roots and even numbers such as pi – complex numbers have an imaginary component.—
William Ross,
The Conversation,
10 Mar. 2025
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Hilbert’s 10th problem is undecidable for every ring of integers.—
Joseph Howlett,
WIRED,
9 Mar. 2025
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Eating invasive species can help protect native wildlife by reducing the numbers and limiting the damage these species cause to ecosystems, FWS spokesperson Erin Huggins wrote in her list, which was published on the agency's website.—
Peter Burke,
Fox News,
18 Mar. 2025
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While the scheduling move to Fridays could bring in a few more people to sample the show, viewers seeking it out and binging the existing episodes on Peacock in large numbers would save it from cancellation.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
18 Mar. 2025
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The diminished Northeast population appears to be driven by New York, which ranks first in both numeric and per capita population decline.—
Danny McDonald,
BostonGlobe.com,
29 Dec. 2022
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That’s the second-largest numeric gain behind Texas, which has a larger overall population.—
Ian Hodgson,
Orlando Sentinel,
28 Dec. 2022
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“Decimal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decimal. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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