fraction
Example Sentences
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Some 13,000 free tickets were snapped up instantly when reservations opened last month, a fraction given that more than 100,000 people had been queuing online.
From BBC
Devoting even a fraction of the company’s capacity to measuring crop health, he reasons, could save farmers a lot of water and benefit food security—a payoff for time spent scanning the Strait of Hormuz.
Apple is spending a fraction of that, aiming instead to use all the personal information people store on their iPhones together with chips it designs itself to power an on-device AI strategy.
“While I personally have had great benefit from taking certain supplements, the topic of supplementation is a very small fraction of what I discuss on the podcast and social media.”
At just £12.95, this prom dress costs a fraction of the price being charged at some of the area's boutiques, where outfits can go for upwards of £1,000.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
