fraction
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The not-for-profit Community Table, in Mablethorpe, buys surplus stock from suppliers and products close to or past their best before date, which allows them to receive the produce at a fraction of the cost.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
Certain ozone-depleting chemicals can still be used as feedstocks to produce other materials, based on the belief that only a tiny fraction, about 0.5 percent, would escape into the atmosphere.
From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 2026
SpaceX is growing fast, but is expected to generate only a fraction of that number this year.
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
BlackRock’s assets under management were $13.9 trillion at the end of the first quarter, close to the record of a fraction over $14 trillion registered at the end of 2025.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026
So I drew a blobby version of me, a fraction of my real size, fingers and toes accounted for, stones in my belly, cute earrings, ponytail.
From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson
Vocabulary lists containing fraction
Pi Day Vocabulary
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Give Me a Break!: Fract and Frag
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Arithmetic
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