portion

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The jump in Palantir should come as no surprise given the company implements a large portion of the AI technology at the Pentagon.

From Barron's

“If flows were meaningfully restricted for a sustained period, that represents a very significant portion of globally traded supply,” she said.

From MarketWatch

Inside I found a large portion of the lasagna that had been at dinner yesterday, reheated so the cheese stuck in gooey puddles to the foil.

From Literature

“A meaningful portion of global primary aluminum trade transits the Gulf,” say the analysts.

From The Wall Street Journal

A 2014 civil war resulted in the Houthis seizing control of the capital, Sanaa, and large portions of northern and northwestern Yemen, including a strategic swath of the Red Sea coast.

From Los Angeles Times