fraction
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The decision means the parents who spent years fighting Jones in court will receive a fraction of what the Texas jury believed his conduct warranted.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026
Taalas can price a million tokens to a fraction of a cent for as long as its model is wanted.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
US sales make up a fraction of most companies' revenue, with China claiming more than 90 percent of the humanoid market, according to Counterpoint.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
The bigger risk may not be that Indians suddenly abandon UPI because a large retailer is charged a fraction of a percentage point: experts say its network effects are now too powerful for that.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
The pyramids were not tall enough, the sphinx a fraction of what he imagined its true height to be, and the scene beyond them too flat to be real.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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
Another five publications followed, including a 2025 textbook on continued fractions published by Springer.
From Slate ● May 2, 2026
To be sure, weird things happen on ice and snow when athletes are ripping down mountains and carving around sharp turns—and glory is decided by fractions of a second.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 14, 2026
The surprise Saturday was how close Plutarch was to the lead, tracking the equally surprising pacesetter Intrepido through solid fractions of 47.65 for a half-mile and 1:11.35 for six furlongs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2026
She might be multiplying fractions in her head while her brain quietly asked, “Did you cut the tag out of Chicken’s shirt?”
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
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