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
That is a fraction of the coverage he wanted, and unlike whole-life insurance, doesn’t build value over time.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
Doctors must administer high doses of Eisai/Biogen’s Leqembi and Lilly’s Kisunla, because only a fraction of 1% of the infused antibodies reach the amyloid plaque that chokes brain cells in Alzheimer’s.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
It means being able to maintain the weight she has lost at a fraction of the cost, she said, while keeping diabetes and heart disease at bay.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
It was almost perfect, just a fraction flatter and shakier than Betty Jean’s voice had been, the o’s and ah’s parodies of Betty Jean’s pretentious ones.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
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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