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portion

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




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Over the years, a considerable portion of those savings will be retirement investments.

From MarketWatch

Last year, the family raised concerns that significant portions of Sheffield United's submissions and the FA's final report had been redacted, preventing the family and their lawyers from accessing them.

From BBC

A major wild card is whether the Supreme Court will overrule some portion of the tariffs, and how the administration might respond.

From The Wall Street Journal

A portion of one of the restaurant’s walls was covered in Venezuelan bank notes scrawled with messages.

From Los Angeles Times

The show is still battling a lawsuit filed by a handful of season 1 contestants who alleged unpleasant conditions during a portion filmed in Las Vegas that only aired on YouTube.

From The Wall Street Journal