portion

Example Sentences

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Don’t skip the hearth-charred steaks, even if the portions lean smaller.

From Salon

Consider supplementing this with a portion — not necessarily all — of your $30,000 emergency fund, while still maintaining a cash cushion.

From MarketWatch

Instead, the analysis shows that these young worlds must have changed dramatically early on, quickly losing large portions of their thick atmospheres as the surrounding disk of gas around their star disappeared.

From Science Daily

If you are putting down 20% — a portion of your inheritance — and commingling it in this property, you should at least get that back in full if your marriage goes south.

From MarketWatch

Others have vowed to donate a portion of proceeds to organizations in support of immigrants.

From Los Angeles Times