fraction
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Converting at those rates could cost a fraction of what it might cost in peak earning years.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
They expect that by March 2028, “we may have a significant fraction of our research being done by AI systems in tandem with our own researchers.”
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
During that half-century, he added, “the fraction of men without jobs of any sort in the broad twenty-to-sixty-four group went from 10 percent of the total to almost 22 percent.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
It lends vegetable-heavy dishes some of the savory satisfaction we often associate with long-cooked meats or all-afternoon braises, but at a fraction of the cost and effort.
From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026
“Push the screwdriver through the wire near the bottom,” he said, “and pry up,” We did, and the wire bent a fraction of an inch.
From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien
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