fraction
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He came under criticism for not voting on the motion which was passed by 1,022 votes to 813, a small fraction of the party's 230,000 members.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
Human translators rely on A.I. tools; they have to, just to meet even a fraction of demand, Federici said.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026
A small fraction of those assets, around $7 million, are currently exposed to Anthropic, the Comptroller's office told AFP.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
"It's important to remember, of the people who developed fatty liver disease, only a small fraction develop serious forms of the condition like liver cirrhosis," Wilechansky said.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026
Magdalys felt her heart rate speed up a fraction.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
Major rivers including the Rhine, the Danube and the Loire have been reduced to fractions of their normal flows, leaving behind cracked earth and dead fish, while hammering economies.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
Copernicus Programme, Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich measures sea surface height across the world's oceans every 10 days with precision down to fractions of an inch.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 15, 2026
Another five publications followed, including a 2025 textbook on continued fractions published by Springer.
From Slate ● May 2, 2026
And most of the parts that help drivers shave fractions of a second at circuits from Singapore to São Paulo are manufactured locally.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
In Macún, we hadn’t got to fractions, so I was lost and had a hard time following what Sra.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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