fraction

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It took months of pressure before our PBM relented and allowed us to distribute an identical drug at a fraction of the cost.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

Now a little more than 500 people remain, a fraction of the 2,000 who were here before 2023.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

It also found that out of millions of Summon sessions, a fraction of 1% resulted in an incident.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

This accounts for a small fraction of all searches.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

You may have noticed that the time signature looks a little like a fraction in arithmetic.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones