fractionally

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That was just fractionally lower than April of last year, when tariff concerns were at the fore.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

Shares of CoreWeave were trading fractionally lower as of Wednesday afternoon.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

Natural gas futures settled fractionally higher in choppy trade.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

Tuesday’s bounce put the S&P 500 fractionally ahead for the year, but that break-even showing belies massive moves underneath.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

The precipitate is dissolved in hydrochloric acid and foreign metals are removed by sulphuretted hydrogen; the residual liquid being then fractionally precipitated by sodium carbonate, which throws out the gallium before the zinc.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various