fraction
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The sex-specific finding was especially notable among women whose heart function was completely normal after a heart attack, defined as a left ventricular ejection fraction of 50 percent or higher.
From Science Daily • May 25, 2026
Still, it’s a small fraction of the overall market value and a small fraction of Tesla’s $1.9 trillion market value, based on its fully-diluted shares outstanding, which include Musk’s vested stock options.
From Barron's • May 24, 2026
That year, women kept custody in more than 86% of cases, while shared custody arrangements accounted for only a fraction of all agreements reached.
From BBC • May 23, 2026
As Harvard University economists Claudia Goldin and Lawrence Katz have documented, in the early 1900s only a small fraction of workers had high-school degrees, and having one earned workers a substantial wage premium.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Homicide convictions account for a tiny fraction of the growth in the prison population.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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Give Me a Break!: Fract and Frag
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Arithmetic
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