fractional

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You’re telling me engineers were chasing fractional gains in aero drag around the wheel wells with that grille hanging in the breeze?

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

Jet fuel is essentially a highly refined form of kerosene with specialised additives, and is usually produced from fractional distillation of crude oil.

From BBC • May 3, 2026

Trading is available 24 hours a day on weekdays, and investors can buy fractional shares for as little as $1.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

Nobody who bought Standard Oil stock could explain fractional distillation either.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 28, 2025

There was a quiet permission given with that fractional gesture, a permission he hadn’t realized he wanted until he had it.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray