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percentage -
a fraction of a whole expressed as parts out of 100 |
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The
percentage of students who
passed the final exam was higher than expected. |
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The company managed
to reduce its carbon emissions by a significant
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per cent -
by the hundred |
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The population growth
rate in the region has decreased by 2
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The study found that
approximately 75 per cent of
participants reported improved satisfaction. |
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Note :
Both terms essentially mean the same thing, but "percentage"
is the preferred and more commonly used term in modern
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lie, lay
little, a little
lose, loose
mature, matured
misused, disused
myself, by myself moral, morale
officer, official
on time, in time
precede, proceed
percentage, per cent
persecuted, prosecuted
personal, personnel
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price, prize
principal, principle
respectably, respectively
rational, rationale
rise, raise
site, sight
stationary, stationery
still, yet
super, superb
tenable, feasible 
two cents, notion
weather, whether
wood, woods
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