one-fourth

Example Sentences

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A wildfire sparked by the flare of a shipwrecked mariner has burned around one-fourth of Santa Rosa Island and marks what officials called the largest blaze recorded on the island in modern history.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

Last month — to their surprise and seemingly in a flash — Edwards and his wife’s net worth hit $1 million, with home equity accounting for just one-fourth of it.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit issued a stunning nationwide injunction that directly affects one-fourth of all abortions in the United States.

From Slate • May 4, 2026

In a few days of air-defense operations against Iran last year, the U.S. fired one-fourth of its Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense missiles—billions of dollars of weapons that took years to produce.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

The priest enrolled her, though she wasn’t even one-fourth or one-eighth Armenian.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye