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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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These tools are indeed as good as new and sell for a fraction of the OG price.Annie Blackman, Allure, 30 Nov. 2024
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These tiny but mighty machines are basically portable computers at a fraction of the cost.Shea Simmons, People.com, 30 Nov. 2024
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But this time, the uniform is white instead of black, with the shape of a mountain range formed by zig-zag lines inside of the digits.Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 14 Nov. 2024
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Giants serving giants, companies with nine or 10 digits in annual revenue and AUM alike serving one another.Don Muir, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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Such declarations are used to indicate whether a data element is meant to hold a Boolean (true/false) value, a byte, a 32-bit integer, a 64-bit integer, a 32-bit floating-point number, a 64-bit floating-point number, or various other possibilities.Adrian Sampson, IEEE Spectrum, 26 Sep. 2013
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An even integer plus an even integer always results in another even integer.Leila Sloman, WIRED, 6 Oct. 2024
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For the first time, the public was invited to cast their vote for each category, which gave more chances of a larger number of projects standing out at the market.Annika Pham, Variety, 23 Nov. 2024
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Judge Kimberly Mueller of the Eastern District of California warned of what could happen if lawmakers don't pass the Judges Act, saying criminal defendants are waiting far too long for trials and some lawsuits are delayed for more than three years because of an insufficient number of judges.Tobi Raji The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 23 Nov. 2024
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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 3 Dec. 2024.
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