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Recent Examples of decimalOf 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
Their actions have left only a small fraction of USAID employees on the job, slashed $60 billion in assistance overseas and upended decades of U.S. policy that foreign aid helps American interests abroad by stabilizing other countries and building alliances.
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GARY FIELDS AND ELLEN KNICKMEYER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
arkansasonline.com,
28 Feb. 2025
While around 10,000 baby boomers turn 65 daily, the median household retirement savings for those between the ages 65 and 75 stands around $200,000—a fraction of what’s needed to fund a 20- or 30-year retirement.
After registering, your BLINK Membership number (BB + 9 digits) will serve as your access code during the ticket sale on February 27.
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Jenzia Burgos,
StyleCaster,
27 Feb. 2025
The scoreboard that hangs from the rafters at center ice inside 3M Arena at Mariucci only has two digits that show up in the season record after the final horn blows.
The dense text covered various ideas about cryptography, but Thompson (a former mathematics student) was particularly fascinated with a chapter about prime numbers, the crucial integers that make up the foundation of all computer and data coding.
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Jake Kring-Schreifels,
TIME,
5 Mar. 2025
People got that idea because the May paper claimed to have used a D-Wave system to factor a 50-bit RSA integer.
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