Example sentences for: percent

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

  • Paid subscribers now number 23,000--up 35 percent from the 17,000 subscribers we had the day we went paid.

  • Ninety-three percent were white and 7% were either black, Hispanic or of Middle Eastern ancestry.

  • In Snip's offer, 10 percent of $5 million ($500,000) plus 89 percent of $1 million ($890,000) equals $1.

  • Thus, 14.6 percent of drownings occur during recreation , compared with 12.8 percent at a home or resident institution and 4.2 percent in a public building ,on a farm, or in an industrial setting or a mine .

  • For example, if an executive's office has over 50 percent of compensation and pension cases pending over 6 months as of the end of fiscal year 2001, the executive will achieve a 5 percent improvement by the end of the 2002 rating year.


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