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portion

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




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One portion of the home was dedicated to Foreman’s personal quarters, complete with a primary suite, office, fitness room, and kitchen.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

Not all websites use it, but it nonetheless powers a large portion of the internet.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

That is key to Laura Overdeck’s claim that she is entitled to a portion of Two Sigma.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit oversees the southern portion of the project, which runs along a commuter rail line.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

It had stripped the paint off a portion of the metal floor.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

As part of that settlement, Meta agreed to make significant changes to Facebook and Instagram accounts used by teenagers, and portions of the settlement hinge on other major social media companies agreeing to similar changes.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

Horvath, who represents large portions of the Westside and Valley, plans to discuss her endorsement during an appearance with Raman on Tuesday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

She added that the portions given by the community kitchen - usually pasta or lentils with occasional potatoes and aubergines - were already too small to feed her family.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

The male skeleton was almost complete, missing only the lower portions of its front limbs.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

Prisoners received their portions of food and immediately wolfed them down.

From "Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps" by Andrea Warren

Priced according to your choice of entrée, brunch includes an appetizer, entrée and dessert, all portioned for a leisurely meal.

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026

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

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

Kimki portioned work for each one in the tribe, giving Ulape and me the task of gathering abalones.

From "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell

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

He said 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 ● Jan. 22, 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

Specifically, Schalow told Forbes “there have been no changes in our portion sizes, and we have reinforced proper portioning with our employees.”

From Salon ● May 30, 2024

Bequests for the portioning of poor girls and virtuous servant-maids are, indeed, not at all uncommon.

From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 436 Volume 17, New Series, May 8, 1852 by Robert Chambers


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