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portion

[pawr-shuhn, pohr-] / ˈpɔr ʃən, ˈpoʊr- /




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The campus has roughly 2.1 gigawatts of planned power capacity, according to Lochmiller, including a 900-megawatt gas plant on-site to power Microsoft’s portion of the project.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

She "is facing mobility issues and has lost a significant portion of her ability to walk", it said.

From Barron's Sep. 17, 2026

CBS News did see “60 Minutes” retain a larger portion of its football audience lead-in compared to last year, despite a later start time of 7:48 p.m.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 15, 2026

Methane typically remains in the atmosphere for about 10 years before chemical reactions remove it, while a portion of carbon dioxide can influence the climate for far longer.

From Science Daily Sep. 15, 2026

How could you rate any portion of a bond made up exclusively of subprime mortgages triple-A?

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Days later, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei warned that autonomous AI agents could overwhelm large portions of the internet within months.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

The imperative to close all or portions of campuses potentially competes with the concurrent high priority of providing students with safe, up-to-date, fully resourced and inviting education environments.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2026

They include providing bread everyday, without spread, and offering two portions of fruit and vegetables a day.

From BBC Sep. 13, 2026

On my most recent visit with Morgan, I could have eaten several portions of an end-of-summer stone fruit and tomato salad served over creamy ricotta.

From Salon Sep. 8, 2026

She dropped portions of meat numbly into the simmering lava.

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury

Howrey’s own politics are here — feminist, environmentalist, activist — but believably portioned out to her characters.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 8, 2026

Meal-kit companies typically sell recipes and ready-to-cook portioned ingredients that are sent to customers’ residences, pitching easy, healthy, home-cooked meals.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

They’re already portioned, freeze beautifully and invite nibbling rather than commitment.

From Salon Jan. 19, 2026

Fights with spouses or partners if meals aren’t portioned equally, or panic that a family member might eat the last of a favorite food — even though they’re able to go get more.

From Seattle Times Feb. 26, 2024

Mom portioned grilled chicken wings with barbecue sauce, corn bread, and steamed broccoli onto three plates, and set them out on the table.

From "George" by Alex Gino

The precise portioning of the secret ingredients, matching the ratios of the founder’s original formula, happens in a room locked off from employees.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 12, 2026

Police discovered the defendant had previously been employed as a "skilled butcher", and her work involved "deboning, and portioning out turkey carcasses using a large knife".

From BBC Feb. 10, 2026

China said it would be conducting live-fire drills on Tuesday, portioning out seven zones for the operations in the waters around Taiwan.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 29, 2025

Whether you're resting meat, toasting bread or portioning homemade fettuccine, a sheet tray is a convenient landing pad for whatever you're working on.

From Salon Mar. 23, 2023

By Spenser, with his usual exquisite ingenuity, employed in gathering in the general harvest, and portioning it out with the Scales, his zodiacal sign.

From The Stones of Venice, Volume II (of 3), by John Ruskin




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