fraction
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"ImP-producing bacteria are present in a large fraction of people, but they're not very abundant in most people," says Rey, a UW-Madison professor of bacteriology.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026
According to the OECD, Argentina received $3.134 billion in foreign direct investment last year, a fraction of $76.877 billion attracted by Brazil and the $40.871 billion secured by Mexico.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
But surely the folks at Suno and Udio — prompt-based AI apps that spit out “newly” “created” “songs” to a user’s specifications — could do what Mars does for a fraction of the cost, right?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Amazon also could offset pressure on the advertising segment through other areas of the business, he reasoned, noting that any pressure would likely amount to a small fraction of overall revenue.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
“You can get some out of our freezer for a fraction of the cost.”
From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Major rivers including the Rhine, the Danube and the Loire have been reduced to fractions of their normal flows, leaving behind cracked earth and dead fish, while hammering economies.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
Earlier experiments could continue for only fractions of a second because longer operation would cause the combustion chambers to melt.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
Tokenization allows investors to own fractions of an asset, rather than the whole thing, and blockchain hosting — theoretically, at least — enables payment, settlement, change of ownership and custody on a digital ledger.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
You don’t have to be an expert in fractions to know that is bad.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026
Early evening light fell through the window onto her fractions homework.
From "George" by Alex Gino
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Pi Day Vocabulary
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Arithmetic
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