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fraction

[frak-shuhn] / ˈfræk ʃən /




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According to the OECD, Argentina received $3.134 billion in foreign direct investment last year, a fraction of $76.877 billion attracted by Brazil and the $40.871 billion secured by Mexico.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Most Hollywood studios have cut costs in recent years as they adjust to a world in which streaming profits are a fraction of what they earned from cable.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

But surely the folks at Suno and Udio — prompt-based AI apps that spit out “newly” “created” “songs” to a user’s specifications — could do what Mars does for a fraction of the cost, right?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Amazon also could offset pressure on the advertising segment through other areas of the business, he reasoned, noting that any pressure would likely amount to a small fraction of overall revenue.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

None with a fraction of the flair that I saw in Rae’s clothes.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson

Researchers using different extraction techniques produced fractions with different structures and different levels of utilization by gut microbes.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

He travels whenever he can to velodromes and wind tunnels for the drudgery of fine details, all in pursuit of fractions of a second.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

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

Tokenization allows investors to own fractions of an asset, rather than the whole thing, and blockchain hosting — theoretically, at least — enables payment, settlement, change of ownership and custody on a digital ledger.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026

I love how little kids always include fractions in their age.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller




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