How to Use percentage point in a Sentence

percentage point

noun
  • Short-term rates dropped by a full percentage point in a few short months last year.
    — Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • That's down nearly a half of a percentage point from a year ago.
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 15 Aug. 2024
  • In eight and a half months, the race has shifted by less than a percentage point.
    — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2020
  • Over the next six trading days, long-term yields fell more than a full percentage point.
    — Jason Zweig, WSJ, 1 Oct. 2021
  • The downturns of more than a percentage point of view share for a range of outlets.
    — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 20 Mar. 2026
  • One basis point is equal to one one-hundredth of a percentage point.
    — Darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 5 Mar. 2026
  • One basis point is equal to one one-hundredth of a percentage point.
    — Darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 26 Dec. 2025
  • Many expect the year’s ticket sales to drop a few percentage points again.
    — Jake Coyle, SFChronicle.com, 31 Dec. 2019
  • This is up just one percentage point from 2021.
    — Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Rates were about a full percentage point higher the year before.
    — Diana Olick, CNBC, 10 Mar. 2026
  • That was up by just under 1 percentage point last year from the year before.
    — Jon Marcus, al, 4 Apr. 2023
  • That's up a full percentage point from March's reading.
    — Sean Conlon,lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Trump would go on to win all three states by less than 1 percentage point—a polling error that shocked the world.
    — Fortune, 26 Oct. 2020
  • Day traders may try to capture a fraction of a percentage point in minutes.
    — Robert Daugherty, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • That rate hasn't varied by more than 1 percentage point for the past five years of state data.
    — Jaime Adame, Arkansas Online, 10 May 2021
  • Passage rates in both subjects were up by roughly a percentage point since last year.
    — Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Passage rates in both subjects were up by roughly a percentage point since last year.
    — Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The yield spread was 1 basis point (one-hundredth of a percentage point).
    — William Baldwin, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Those levels each rose 1 percentage point.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 14 Apr. 2026
  • An extra point should be a high-percentage point for the kicking team, Wilcox said.
    — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 5 Dec. 2020
  • The poll has a 4 percentage point margin of error.
    — Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
  • The poll has a 2 percentage point margin of error.
    — Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
  • The Dow took a one percentage point dive, then recovered.
    — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 24 June 2026
  • Trump polled ahead of Sanders by one percentage point, or 44% to 43%.
    — Nicholas Wu, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2020
  • So just how much of a difference can a percentage point make, or even just half a percentage point?
    — Becca Stanek, TheWeek, 1 Jan. 2026
  • Last year at this time mortgage rates were nearly a quarter of a percentage point higher.
    — Diana Olick, CNBC, 17 June 2026
  • His disapproval rate ticked up by 1 percentage point.
    — Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 6 May 2026
  • Biden is on track to take Arizona and Georgia by less than a percentage point.
    — Naomi Lim, Washington Examiner, 18 Nov. 2020
  • Then offer a rate a half a percentage point below what the buyers ask, Brobeck said.
    — Kate Talerico, Mercury News, 21 Sep. 2025
  • The quarter percentage point hike took the benchmark rate to its highest level in three decades.
    — ABC News, 16 June 2026

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