fraction
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They’ve also considered the fact that with residency or citizenship they could retire or Portugal or their son could attend a university in Europe, where tuition amounts to a fraction of U.S. costs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
The country is only using a fraction of the solar capacity it has deployed because it lacks enough battery storage to manage the fluctuations inherent in solar power, the Cuban energy minister said in April.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
Despite being only a fraction of a nanometer thick, the engineered interface performs two important jobs.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
The company was founded just two years ago but already rivals leading manufacturers such as Europe's Ducati and Japanese giants Yamaha and Honda with a bike retailing for a fraction of their prices.
From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026
“We know very little about the ocean. So little of it has been explored by humans. They say that even centuries in the future we might have only explored a tiny fraction of it.”
From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook
Another five publications followed, including a 2025 textbook on continued fractions published by Springer.
From Slate ● May 2, 2026
Titan's slightly elongated orbit can disturb inner moons when their orbital periods become simple fractions of Titan's.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 27, 2026
Markets are about to enter March, and yet only twice — by small fractions — has the S&P 500 closed outside its tight 6,800-to-7,000 range in 2026.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 27, 2026
To be sure, weird things happen on ice and snow when athletes are ripping down mountains and carving around sharp turns—and glory is decided by fractions of a second.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 14, 2026
Only fractions of an inch kept him from cruel good looks.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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Pi Day Vocabulary
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Arithmetic
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