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Six example sentences with percent, each labelled with its topic.
He shoots forty percent from beyond the arc, which means four of every ten attempts drop for his team.
Basketball
The fund charges two percent a year, which quietly removes a fifth of a saver's gains over two decades.
Finance
Only nine percent of the plastic ever produced has been recycled, and the rest sits in landfills or water.
Environment
Inflation of three percent a year halves the value of cash in about twenty four years.
Economics
A dough at seventy five percent hydration is sticky to handle, but it bakes into an open, glossy crumb.
Cooking
The winner took fifty one percent of the vote, and the recount shifted the margin by only forty ballots.
Politics
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