ratios

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Ratios in the double-digits are a classic red flag.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Ratios above 2.5 are healthy; below 2.0, and you’re watching a party where the guests are eyeing the exit.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 5, 2025

Ratios of carbon isotopes suggested how much plant material was in the bears’ diet, while nitrogen isotopes revealed how much and what type of animal protein they consumed.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 9, 2024

Ratios of caregivers to infants were five-to-one in the observed hunter-gatherer groups.

From Salon • Nov. 14, 2023

Ratios of young were notably low in June and December, 1950; January, February, March, and June through October, 1951; January, February, and March, 1952; and November, 1953.

From Aspects of Reproduction and Development in the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) by Fitch, Henry S.