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ratio

[rey-shoh, -shee-oh] / ˈreɪ ʃoʊ, -ʃiˌoʊ /


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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

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

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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