fraction
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Since about 10% of Sun-like stars host large planets, scientists expected a similar fraction around binary stars, which would amount to roughly 300 systems.
From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2026
“If you take in just a fraction of these events, it will expand your mind,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026
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
That’s a fraction of the size of most “big box” operations.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
“This is only a fraction of it,” I say.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
Vocabulary lists containing fraction
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Arithmetic
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