Example sentences for: percent

How can you use “percent” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The poll also has some alarming news for the would-be candidates: Even though neither has declared their candidacy, voters are already sick of them--over 40 percent wish they had more candidates from which to choose.

  • Overall, says the paper, U.S. flights are departing on average 71 percent full.

  • Between 1982 and 1993, the number of aliens getting SSI benefits jumped from 128,000 (3 percent of recipients) to 786,000 (12 percent of recipients), at a cost of more than $3 billion a year.

  • Also, saying people are fine 98 percent of the time after surgery can lead patients one way, while saying people experience strokes 2 percent of the time can lead them in the other direction.

  • Senate and House leaders pushed a 10 percent income tax cut as the centerpiece of their legislative plan until they abandoned the idea Monday.


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