ratio
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At the time that they enacted the Constitution, the ratio between the largest state and the smallest state was something about 13-to-1 or 14-to-1.
From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2026
The chart from Callum Thomas, head of research at Topdowncharts, shows the ratio of trading in leveraged long versus short U.S.-equity ETFs.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
A mixture of sugar and water will do the trick at a two-to-one ratio of sugar to water..
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
At the end of June, the Russell 1000 Growth Index traded at a 12-month forward price-to-earnings ratio of 26, compared with a forward P/E of 18 for the Russell 1000 Value Index.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
American soldiers were winning individual battles, and the kill ratio was favorable—about 2.5 to 1.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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The samples also contained gold-to-copper ratios well above those measured in fertile mantle and primitive mid-ocean ridge basalts.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
Under these conditions, the magma retains silver-to-copper ratios that resemble those found in the mantle.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
Real innovation takes years and money, though, and most of these companies carry heavy debt while their payout ratios sit at unsustainably high levels, Howard notes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
Lime is not widely covered — only one analyst polled by FactSet covers the stock, so a typical comparison of forward price/earnings ratios doesn’t apply.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
There I ran into Gerry Wyatt, a Canadian biochemist who knew much about the base ratios of DNA.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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But, outside of the occasional ratioed tweet, her position was undeniable.
From Slate ● Nov. 19, 2025
They also see in Ellis a persona who can laugh off getting ratioed amid a watch-your-step social media culture.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2021
“I just figured because a lot of them were heavily ratioed, and had over 1,000 replies, that too many replies means it shuts down,” Graziano told Salon.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2019
The news that McCabe found a new gig was broken by CNN’s in-house media reporter Oliver Darcy, and his tweet was quickly met with criticism and swiftly ratioed.
From Fox News ● Aug. 23, 2019
Unfortunately for Schultz, people have been interested primarily in roasting him — and as HuffPo’s Ashley Feinberg noted, he may be the first Twitter user to be ratioed in every single one of his tweets.
From The Verge ● Jan. 30, 2019
Candy preference ratioing gets fierce during Spooky Season.
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2022
Never has so much ratioing left the internet all at once.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 22, 2017
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