portion
Example Sentences
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On her candidate survey, Gonez said “a small portion of funding should be eliminated and reallocated.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026
Certain jurisdictions may give the surviving spouse a right of up to 50% of the value of the marital-property portion of the augmented estate.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026
That is a significant portion of the roughly 25 million people who are normally employed in Iran.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
That means the millions of people who invest in index tracking funds are investing a large portion of their savings in AI, whether they want to or not.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 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
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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