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fraction

[frak-shuhn] / ˈfræk ʃən /




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This accounts for a small fraction of all searches.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

"I'm in the gym with her for two or three hours a day, that's just a fraction of the day," he adds.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

Although only a small fraction of schizophrenia patients carry mutations in grin2a, the researchers suggest that dysfunction in this circuit may represent a shared mechanism underlying cognitive impairments in some patients.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

Allbirds, an eco-friendly shoe company that won over Silicon Valley, was sold a fraction of the $4 billion it was once worth.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

By October 1940, they began to sift through the concentrated bacterial detritus, painstakingly separating each chemical component, and testing each fraction for its capacity to transmit genetic information.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee