fractional

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The utilities sector, by contrast, has had a tougher April, registering only a fractional gain.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

Tokenization also makes expensive blue-chip stocks accessible through fractional ownership, allowing anyone to buy a small digital slice of a company for just a few dollars.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

"This new discovery of fractional electron distribution establishes an entirely new scientific foundation for understanding catalysts that we believe will drive new energy technologies over the next several decades."

From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2025

They’re designed to reduce a stock’s price to make it more affordable for individual investors, though in the days of fractional share purchases, that argument is less compelling that it once might have been.

From Barron's • Nov. 17, 2025

When the sun reached its zenith and stood still the fractional moment, Nat took his reading.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham