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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Arkansas is the only team in college baseball this week to rank in the top 10 in scoring (10.12 runs per game, ranks 3rd), fielding percentage (.985, 7th) and ERA (3.53, 10th).
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Matt Jones, Arkansas Online, 7 Apr. 2025
Sanders owns the all-time FBS record for completion percentage at 71.8%.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 5 Apr. 2025
Contributions to the Universal Service Fund are based on a percentage of carriers' revenue, and telecommunications companies can, and do, pass on their share to consumers.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2025
This season, the Sabres are 30th in the NHL in attendance by average percentage of capacity with 84 percent.
—Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
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“Percentage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/percentage. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.
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