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The phrase "makes up about" is a perfectly acceptable phrase in written English.
You can use it when you need to explain something that composes a certain percentage of a greater whole. For example: "The number of blue cars in the parking lot makes up about 30% of the total."
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Capital spending makes up about 15percentt of Japan's economy.
The Taiwanese community in Toronto makes up about 10 percent of the local Chinese population.
Manufacturing still makes up about 20% of the German economy on the same value-added basis.
(Tesla Model S, which makes up about 15%% of the Norwegian EV fleet, is not limited by these range limits).
The Saharan plateau makes up about nine-tenths of Libya.
American investment makes up about 50% of European FDI.
State financing makes up about 70 percent of its budget.
Mandatory spending makes up about 70percentt of federal spending.
Energy makes up about 60percentt of Russian exports.
Manufacturing makes up about 10percentt of value added.
The Jewish community makes up about 12.5% of Wentworth's population.
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