fractional

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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

The utilities sector, by contrast, has had a tougher April, registering only a fractional gain.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

Tokenization is the process of creating a digital representation of a real thing, and can be used to process large amounts of data or enable fractional ownership.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

Patients with asthma, a comorbid disease that frequently occurs along with atopic dermatitis, showed a median 56% reduction in fractional exhaled nitric oxide, a measure of airway inflammation.

From Barron's • Dec. 8, 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