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Tips make up a significant portion of the income for millions of servers, housekeepers, taxi drivers, and hairstylists across the United States.

From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026

A large portion of Scotland and Northern Ireland will stay dry.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

The land in question represents a tiny portion of the sprawling Yosemite National Park, which is nearly 750,000 acres in total — or roughly the size of Rhode Island.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

Andreessen Horowitz’s new fund represents a very small portion of over $100 billion in assets under the firm’s management, according to a recent regulatory filing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

The crunching stopped as his nose pushed around the large portion of remaining bits.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

The quarterly results reflected lower commodity-based pricing in portions of the business and a consumer environment that remains under pressure, interim Chief Executive Jeff Ettinger said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

The Bug fire — which burned just north of the Hawk fire and in portions of California’s Lassen and Sierra counties — started Aug. 8 and charred nearly 94,000 acres.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

Alongside counting calories or eating smaller portions, many people add exercise into the equation when trying to lose weight to help tip the balance.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026

Instead, he said that GLP-1 users seem to want foods they’re familiar with, just in smaller portions and with more protein.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

She laid these out and began serving the rice and dhal, generous portions such as we ate at harvest times and ours larger than theirs.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

Meal-kit companies typically sell recipes and ready-to-cook portioned ingredients that are sent to customers’ residences, pitching easy, healthy, home-cooked meals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

It has tubs of brown butter, frozen flat or portioned into little pucks, ready to make a weeknight bowl of noodles taste as if someone planned better than you did.

From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026

Fights with spouses or partners if meals aren’t portioned equally, or panic that a family member might eat the last of a favorite food — even though they’re able to go get more.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 26, 2024

The FMD is comprised of plant-based soups, energy bars, energy drinks, chip snacks, and tea portioned out for 5 days as well as a supplement providing high levels of minerals, vitamins, and essential fatty acids.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 20, 2024

In no time at all they’d gathered back at the same spot, where Ben set out the ink, portioned into several small bowls.

From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder

The precise portioning of the secret ingredients, matching the ratios of the founder’s original formula, happens in a room locked off from employees.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2026

He said police discovered the defendant had previously been employed as a skilled butcher and her work involved "deboning, and portioning out turkey carcasses using a large knife".

From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2026

China said it would be conducting live-fire drills on Tuesday, portioning out seven zones for the operations in the waters around Taiwan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 29, 2025

Schalow told Forbes “there have been no changes in our portion sizes, and we have reinforced proper portioning with our employees.”

From Salon ● Nov. 8, 2024

There was considerable formality in portioning out the food, especially in carving, which was regarded as much more than a polite accomplishment, even as an art.

From Home Life in Colonial Days by Alice Morse Earle