fraction
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Before 1800, we learn, “slave” appears in only a small fraction of Fourth of July orations; by the 1820s and ’30s, it appears in a majority of them.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Her fundraising haul is a fraction of the size of her competitor’s.
From Slate • May 22, 2026
A Times analysis of data provided by Redfin and county permit records shows that outside investors accounted for only a small fraction of the homes destroyed in the Eaton fire.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
Yet such credits offset only a fraction of a caregiver’s expenses and the total cost of care to families.
From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026
In the same way, quantum people could not grow very easily; they would hover at four feet for a number of years, and then, in a fraction of a second—pop!—they would be five feet tall.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
Vocabulary lists containing fraction
Pi Day Vocabulary
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Give Me a Break!: Fract and Frag
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Arithmetic
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