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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. 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 
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Noun
  • Content creation is just a small fraction of the overall personal branding picture.
    Melanie Borden, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
  • But only a fraction of all defibrillators are actually registered with the local emergency services system, as is required by law.
    Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • 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.
    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.
    Eduardo Medina, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Typescript requires programmers to declare the type of each variable (floating point, integer, Boolean or other) before it’s used, increasing reliability.
    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.
    Danny Ventura, Boston Herald, 19 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Experts said the number of births would likely continue to fluctuate.
    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.
    Nik Popli, TIME, 17 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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 27 Jan. 2025.

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