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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

But the figure was a fraction of the 22 percent jump in revenue reported in 2024, reflecting in large part the slowing growth of the company's consumer business.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

The documents that took Ellsberg weeks to photocopy would fill a fraction of the space on a ten-dollar flash drive.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin