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That means that the bank’s trading desk handles an outsize portion of trading orders and will earn trading fees alongside what it earns in underwriting fees.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
In the past three months, about a third of S&P 500 constituents have beaten the index, the lowest portion since at least 1999, according to Trivariate Research.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
Previous detectors based on the same principle showed promising sensitivity, but they captured only a small portion of incoming radiation because they depended on individual antenna elements.
From Science Daily • May 31, 2026
But as funding from cap-and-invest and the climate bond dwindle, the state must increasingly turn to Cal Fire, which devotes only a small portion of its budget to mitigation work.
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026
He swam and walked, and then often spent the rest of the day—and a good portion of the night—playing over all the games of the tournament, torturing himself over the mistakes he’d made.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
Vocabulary lists containing portion
The ACT: The Language of the Test, List 1
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Abraham Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address" (1863)
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The Language of Standardized Tests, List 3
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