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Recent Examples of decimalOf 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.—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 See all Example Sentences for decimal
James Cook had 23 carries for 120 yards and a touchdown and became the first Bills player since Thurman Thomas in December 1995 to rush for triple digits in the postseason.
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Tim Graham,
The Athletic,
13 Jan. 2025
Experts note that in the November election, voters who requested mail ballots were already required to provide the last four digits of a driver’s license or Social Security number when making the request.
Typescript requires programmers to declare the type of each variable (floating point, integer, Boolean or other) before it’s used, increasing reliability.
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IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
26 Dec. 2024
If there are more than three competitors in the same category in the same event, the point scoring is assigned as follows: divide the number of competitors by two, then round up to the next integer.
Experts said the number of births would likely continue to fluctuate.
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Alexandra Stevenson,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2025
Several Republican members of Congress will also attend, but a sizable number of congressional Democrats are planning to skip Trump’s swearing in—including former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.
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