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fraction

noun as in part

noun as in incomplete number

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Since the start of 2024, she has been England's most consistent pace bowler with 24 wickets in 16 one-day internationals at an economy rate a fraction above five runs per over.

From BBC

However, on the paid service, YouTube TV, the Spanish-language programming “only represents a tiny fraction of overall consumption,” the YouTube spokesperson said.

On the morality of letting murderers out after a fraction of their sentence, Mr Pikalo stressed they weren't pardons, but conditional releases.

From BBC

It follows previous reporting by The Current and ProPublica showing that the program has cost federal and state taxpayers more than $86.9 million while enrolling a tiny fraction of those eligible for free health care.

From Salon

She has now received an offer of full financial redress - but it is a fraction of what she had claimed.

From BBC

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