fraction
Example Sentences
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Over his tenure, the company has whittled itself to a fraction of its former size in the pursuit of greater shareholder value.
Abel’s salary is still a fraction of some recent headline-grabbing pay packages.
The 30-50 million barrels represent a small fraction of global consumption and U.S. annual imports, with limited impact on U.S. oil markets.
From Barron's
Commission officials have already said they are ready to renegotiate the rules on trace elements of banned pesticides, which affect only a tiny fraction of produce sales in the bloc.
From Barron's
All of those components must fit onto a chip that is only a fraction of a millimeter across.
From Science Daily
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