portion
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Portion size is key to mitigating the risk of childhood obesity, but it can be hard for parents to "right-size" a child portion.
From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2024
"Portion control and understanding calorie content are vital. A food diary or app can be incredibly eye-opening in this regard."
From Salon • Jan. 15, 2024
Portion sizes are large — these dishes are designed to feed more than one, possibly even two people — which is reflected in the price.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 19, 2023
A note accompanying the lace reads: "Portion of the Pall that covered Queen Victoria's coffin on her last journey from Osborne. Isle of Wight. Feb 1st 1901."
From BBC • Jun. 30, 2022
Portion near summit of one of the Secondary wing-feathers, bearing perfect ball-and-socket ocelli. a. Ornamented upper part. b. Uppermost, imperfect ball-and-socket ocellus.
From The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex Volume II (1st Edition) by Darwin, Charles
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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