99 percent

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99 percent

  1. Almost all.
    Synonyms: 99.9 percent, 99.99 percent

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99 percent (not comparable)

  1. Almost completely, almost totally.
    • 2008 November 21, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 3, Episode 1:
      Roy: I'm 95% sure it was him.
      Jen: You... you said you were 99% sure.
      Roy: I'm 97% sure it was him.
    I'm 99 percent certain.

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99 percent (uncountable)

  1. (collective) Those who are not part of the ultrarich.
    • 2019, Cinzia Arruzza, Nancy Fraser, Tithi Bhattacharya, Feminism for the 99 Percent, →ISBN, page 54:
      Feminists for the 99 percent do not operate in isolation from other movements of resistance and rebellion.

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