portion
Example Sentences
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A significant portion of the club's debt sits with its former owner who has not agreed to write down or restructure that debt.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
However, the cash portion of the offer is limited to a maximum of 40% of total Globalstar shares.
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
Roche said he used Bessembinder’s academic research to inform a significant portion of his book.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026
In contrast, most laboratory studies remove the membrane-anchoring portion to make the proteins easier to handle.
From Science Daily • Apr. 12, 2026
You could pull these prospectuses, and just quickly check the pulse of what was happening in the subprime mortgage portion of the originate-and-sell industry.
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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