portion

Example Sentences

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While the carriers hedge a portion of their fuel costs and are likely to pass on some of the increased cost, margins may still come under pressure.

From The Wall Street Journal

The deduction for overtime pay only counts for a portion of the money.

From MarketWatch

They are still at an early stage, but, projecting forward, one can imagine a world in which a large portion of knowledge work is being done by machines, not people.

From Barron's

A big portion of its recent decline is likely tied to the jump in U.S.

From Barron's

“My father is 80, my mother and mother-in-law are in their mid-70s. All of us try to be everywhere at all times, and we are like a significant portion of the country doing unpaid care.”

From MarketWatch