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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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Losing a substantial fraction of that labor force quickly would lead to production declines concentrated in construction, agriculture/food processing and the leisure/hospitality sector.Bill Conerly, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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Though renters insurance costs a fraction of homeowners insurance, Larry Gross, executive director of the Los Angeles tenants advocacy group Coalition for Economic Survival, said that with many tenants barely making ends meet, any increase is a squeeze.Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2024
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Both are averaging 8-plus yards per attempt with passer ratings well into triple digits.Mike Sando, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
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Carter, the nation's longest-living former president and first to reach triple digits, began receiving hospice care at home in February 2023 after a series of short hospital stays, the Carter Center announced at the time.Jacob Knutson, Axios, 29 Dec. 2024
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For example, the even integers form a subgroup within the integers.Leila Sloman, WIRED, 6 Oct. 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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Five numbers will be white balls ranging from 1 to 70.Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
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Those numbers have become typical in Bentonville, where enrollment is up nearly 10% since 2019 and more than 25% since 2014.NWA Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 18 Dec. 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 5 Jan. 2025.
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