Extreme heat affecting 3rd of US residents Sunday, forecasts show

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Extreme heat affecting 3rd of US residents Sunday, forecasts show
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Dangerous triple-digit temperatures are expected all over the country on Sunday.

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Affecting 3rd of US Residents

Not 1/3 or 1/3rd or even a 3rd? I miss the days when news companies hired proofreaders.

They are just dumbing things down to be on the same level as their readers.

I worked briefly in journalism (before going a completely different direction) for an Oregon newspaper and we were instructed to write at a 6th grade level. This was...20 years ago? I can't imagine it has trended better.