a portion
Example Sentences
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But on Friday evening, the president announced an agreement that will give the U.S. government and a private company access to a portion of the country’s underground oil reserves.
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026
To build your cash reserve, put a portion of your paycheck into your savings account and the rest into your checking account.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
Next, we monitored the activity of a particular collection of cells in a portion of the brain known as the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, or BNST.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
If the government fails to cover the cost of security in those areas, the city would seek all or a portion of LA28’s contingency funds to make up difference, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Curiously, even in my panic, a portion of my mind stood apart, observing my plight, as it had done during the performance at Whitehall.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
