fraction
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Now studios are desperate to show investors they can earn at least a fraction of the profit from streaming that they once did from cable television.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
She said the ABA once reached "tens of thousands of teachers" a year with its resources, but now reaches a fraction of that after introducing charging to meet costs.
From BBC • May 26, 2026
But separate pooled data suggested that patients with mildly reduced heart function, with a left ventricular ejection fraction of 40 to 49 percent, may still benefit.
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
Subprime mortgage lending was still a trivial fraction of the U.S. credit markets—a few tens of billions in loans each year—but its existence made sense, even to Steve Eisman.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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