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ratios

NOUN

percentage, relation of part to whole

Synonyms

STRONGEST

proportion quota rate scale

STRONG

arrangement correlation correspondence equation fraction proportionality quotient relationship

Antonyms

STRONG

difference

WEAK

whole

Example Sentences

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Those sky-high P/E ratios would be a problem if Boeing’s or Intel’s earnings or free cash flow were normal.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

Traditional debt-to-income ratios are less useful in retirement than they are for working households.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

One difference that AI optimists point to is that price/earnings ratios for the hottest stocks back then were loftier than the likes of very profitable Nvidia, Alphabet or Microsoft today.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

By comparing these ratios with those found closer to home, researchers can infer what kind of environment produced the comet.

From Science Daily • May 8, 2026

In terms of ratios, coins behave nicely: the ratio of heads to tails gets closer to 1 as the number of flips grows.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos