ratio
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Tweaked over the years, it’s simply been the ratio of Walmart shares to a basket of retailers and more-recently the Global Luxury Index.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Their observations revealed that the proportion of magnesium to silicon on WASP-189b closely matches the ratio found in its parent star.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
But, in 2025, UnitedHealth’s medical-cost ratio hovered about 90% for three out of four quarters, an unwelcome increase for investors.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
She ranks inside the top three for most goals scored by European players in internationals and has a minutes-per-goal ratio of 81.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
“I fear the ratio of the mass of propellant added compared to the mass of the empty rocket will be too small,” he said.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
With advanced economies seeing bond yields surge -- owing to elevated inflation expectations, surging debt ratios and AI capital-raising activities -- global borrowing costs have been rising.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
Samples from Chang'e-6 contain extremely low concentrations of rare earth elements and have lower thorium-to-samarium ratios, expressed as Th/Sm, than their Apollo counterparts.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
"Countries will now have to increase primary balances much more than they did in the recent past in order just to stabilise debt ratios," said Dabla-Norris.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
The government says it spends extra in poorer French districts, resulting in lower teacher-to-student ratios.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
For example, the notes with frequency ratios of 9:8 and 10:9 and 11:10 are all written as whole steps.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
Vance has been repeatedly ratioed on X ever since, a small but telling sign that the usual outrage machine is misfiring.
From Salon ● Jan. 14, 2026
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
Cillizza’s tweet was ratioed, meaning the number of replies significantly outweighs the retweets and likes.
From Fox News ● May 6, 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
Not surprisingly, this tweet immediately got ratioed, and the responses do little to support the restaurant’s claim that Rick and Morty has “the best fans in the multiverse.”
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2017
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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