have a portion of
Example Sentences
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"It's better to have a portion of something than nothing at all," he says.
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026
The departing schools will have a portion of their distributions withheld this spring as part of the settlement.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 6, 2024
But families currently enrolled in CalWORKs would still have a portion of their child support payments intercepted by the state.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2022
Gibson’s family members are also seeking to have a portion of West 143rd Street between Lennox and Seventh Avenue where she grew up to be renamed Althea Gibson Way.
From New York Times • Aug. 26, 2019
The safest and most convenient way of all is, of course, to carry matches, and to have a portion of them in a waterproof box.
From Woodcraft by Kreps, E. H. (Elmer Harry)