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ratio

[rey-shoh, -shee-oh] / ˈreɪ ʃoʊ, -ʃiˌoʊ /


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Tank armor also uses critical materials including titanium and tungsten alloys that help give the vehicles a high strength-to-weight ratio.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

Instead, the researchers view digit ratio as a possible marker of hormonal exposure during early fetal development.

From Science Daily Jul. 17, 2026

That reduces your available credit, which raises your credit-utilization ratio, and that temporarily lowers your score.

From MarketWatch Jul. 17, 2026

Digit ratio compares the length of the index finger, known as 2D, with the length of the ring finger, known as 4D.

From Science Daily Jul. 17, 2026

Dividing that column of air by the mathematically perfect ratio of 3:2 will produce F#.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

Real innovation takes years and money, though, and most of these companies carry heavy debt while their payout ratios sit at unsustainably high levels, Howard notes.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

Another filtering step removed signals with signal to noise ratios below 10 or above 100.

From Science Daily Jul. 14, 2026

The Detroit Three have sales-to-staff ratios in the mid-20s.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

Equity-only put-call ratios continue to rise, and that keeps their sell signal in place.

From MarketWatch Jul. 9, 2026

For example, the notes with frequency ratios of 9:8 and 10:9 and 11:10 are all written as whole steps.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

But, outside of the occasional ratioed tweet, her position was undeniable.

From Slate Nov. 19, 2025

They also see in Ellis a persona who can laugh off getting ratioed amid a watch-your-step social media culture.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 7, 2021

“I just figured because a lot of them were heavily ratioed, and had over 1,000 replies, that too many replies means it shuts down,” Graziano told Salon.

From Salon Sep. 19, 2019

Cillizza’s tweet was ratioed, meaning the number of replies significantly outweighs the retweets and likes.

From Fox News May 6, 2019

Unfortunately for Schultz, people have been interested primarily in roasting him — and as HuffPo’s Ashley Feinberg noted, he may be the first Twitter user to be ratioed in every single one of his tweets.

From The Verge Jan. 30, 2019

Candy preference ratioing gets fierce during Spooky Season.

From Salon Oct. 29, 2022

Never has so much ratioing left the internet all at once.

From Washington Post Nov. 22, 2017




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