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partial

[pahr-shuhl] / ˈpɑr ʃəl /




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Many women, she says, viewed welfare not as a gift exchanged for votes but as partial compensation for state failure.

From BBC • May 11, 2026

After I woke up at the hospital, I needed multiple surgeries, blood transfusions and a partial hysterectomy.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

About 5 million barrels of oil from Saudi Arabia and the U.A.E. have been rerouted to other pipelines away from the Strait, but that’s only a partial release valve.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

One of the great things about capitalism and the stock market is that with a few dollars and the click of a mouse, anyone can make themselves the partial owner of a business.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

"Debated since Columbus attempted a partial census at Hispaniola in 1496,” Denevan, the Beni geographer, has written, "it remains one of the great inquiries of history.”

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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