portion
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Foods with the higher flavanol content per portion, based on the researchers' tests, include:
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
S&P didn’t look at private credit, which has remained a small portion of property-casualty portfolios even as it has ballooned at their life-insurance counterparts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
Both of them are black, and at a school with a population of about 2,000, they represent a statistically significant portion of the college’s minuscule black population.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
The spectacled Beijinger admitted he was nervous for the essay portion of the Chinese test.
From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026
Once at the bottom, the walls create a maze, leaving only a small portion of the garden visible at a time.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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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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