small portion
Example Sentences
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Previous detectors based on the same principle showed promising sensitivity, but they captured only a small portion of incoming radiation because they depended on individual antenna elements.
From Science Daily • May 31, 2026
On her candidate survey, Rivas said “a small portion of funding should be eliminated and reallocated.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026
The terms were restrictive enough to effectively ban such a project not only from land owned by Heath and his sister, but from all but the small portion of the township that’s zoned for industry.
From Salon • Apr. 27, 2026
It previously had used the chemicals in durable water-repellent garments, which accounted for a small portion of the products it sold.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
Little by little, one small portion of a limb at a time, I soak the poison out of my wounds.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
