portion
Example Sentences
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On her candidate survey, Gonez said “a small portion of funding should be eliminated and reallocated.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026
At Vanguard, about one‑quarter of catch‑up savers directed some portion of their contributions to a Roth account, which the firm said signaled growing interest in tax diversification and long‑term flexibility.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 29, 2026
“This is an operational adjustment that will impact a small portion of our servers, not an accounting change,” a Meta spokesman said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
Space was a smaller portion of the overall aerospace landscape until SpaceX came along.
From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026
And the pushed-down-out-of.sight, what-if, hope-waiting portion of Christopher’s heart rose up in his chest, and he felt it beating double time under his skin.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
Vocabulary lists containing portion
The ACT: The Language of the Test, List 1
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Abraham Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address" (1863)
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The Language of Standardized Tests, List 3
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