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fraction

[frak-shuhn] / ˈfræk ʃən /




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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

They expect that by March 2028, “we may have a significant fraction of our research being done by AI systems in tandem with our own researchers.”

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

During that half-century, he added, “the fraction of men without jobs of any sort in the broad twenty-to-sixty-four group went from 10 percent of the total to almost 22 percent.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

The resale value of the motorhome bought by Murrell could be a fraction of the original outlay.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

Only a fraction of the Hall of Mirrors reflects her own countenance, and some contain only a shimmering blur of pale-grey gown, or the motion of the billowing ribbons as they float behind her.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern




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