fraction
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The country's per capita GDP - around $667 in 2024, according to the UN - is a small fraction of South Korea's $36,227.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
Human translators rely on A.I. tools; they have to, just to meet even a fraction of demand, Federici said.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026
But that figure only represented only a fraction of what he was due over the remainder of his contract.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
"The presence of even a small fraction of these tetraploid cells can promote the recruitment of extra non-cancerous cells that support further tumor progression," Sweet said.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026
For the tiniest fraction of a second, I’m still halfway between sleep and waking.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
Researchers using different extraction techniques produced fractions with different structures and different levels of utilization by gut microbes.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
A tutoring assessment revealed gaps in fractions and long division.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Major rivers including the Rhine, the Danube and the Loire have been reduced to fractions of their normal flows, leaving behind cracked earth and dead fish, while hammering economies.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
Hedge funds employ the best AI researchers available, spending hundreds of millions of dollars annually to extract fractions of a percentage point of edge.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 1, 2026
She played it, without being told, letting it out a fraction, pulling it in two fractions, responding to the pull of the wind in the sail.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
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