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percentage

noun

pər-ˈsen-tij

Definition of percentage

as in probability

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 percentage But that’s still a large group—roughly the same percentage of the population that self-identifies as Black. — Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2026 But in that time, the percentage who believe at least some UFOs are alien spacecraft (37%) hasn’t risen much; more Americans have just become unsure. — Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 26 Aug. 2026 Practicing sect members are now believed to account for only a small percentage of the towns’ populations. — ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026 However, Rahmani notes that insanity defenses succeed in only a small percentage of cases. — Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for percentage

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probability

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In one simulation, the AI initially assigned a 72% probability that a nearby vessel was simply passing through.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026
Meanwhile, the probability of the Fed standing pat rose from nearly 36% to almost 47%.

— , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026

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