precent
Americanverb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
Etymology
Origin of precent
First recorded in 1725–35; back formation from precentor
Example Sentences
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Revenue at 3.3 billion euros was up almost 70 precent, it added, with growth broad-based across the company.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
Each year, more than 356, 000 Americans have an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, with 90 precent of them fatal.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 29, 2023
Samsung’s shipments fell 7 precent in that same period to 12 million units, though the Korean company remains the world’s biggest phone vendor.
From The Verge ● Aug. 3, 2021
The Imperial study using self-administered finger-prick tests found that 6 precent of the population of England had antibodies in June, but that number dipped to 4.4 percent three months later in September.
From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2020
"When you look at mortality rates, that's simply not correct as the precent of diagnosed cases."
From Fox News ● May 18, 2020
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