fraction
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It is understood some six million families had signed up before Trump Accounts went live on 4 July, which is a fraction of the tens of millions of children who could be eligible for one.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
The amount spent on the radio chips is a fraction of what Apple spends for more expensive chips inside its devices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
While sodium-ion is likely to remain a small fraction of the global battery market, Kikuma said stationary energy storage is one of the fastest growing applications for sodium-ion batteries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
Over the past decade, the low-volatility ETF has tallied a fraction of the returns seen by the momentum ETF.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
Scanning the room, Otto saw only a fraction of the Clock Watchers that he’d first encountered at the library.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
Another five publications followed, including a 2025 textbook on continued fractions published by Springer.
From Slate ● May 2, 2026
Crypto proponents say tokenized stocks can be a game-changer, offering 24/7 trading and the chance to own fractions of shares that might come with eye-watering prices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026
Markets are about to enter March, and yet only twice — by small fractions — has the S&P 500 closed outside its tight 6,800-to-7,000 range in 2026.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 27, 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
If you are more comfortable with fractions than with ratios, think of all the ratios as fractions instead.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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Pi Day Vocabulary
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Give Me a Break!: Fract and Frag
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Arithmetic
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