as in fragment
a broken or irregular part of something that often remains incomplete
if even a tiny fraction of that cookie broke off and fell into the delicate watch works, it could mess things up
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Recent Examples of fraction
America’s efforts to cut pollution stalled last year, with greenhouse emissions dropping just a fraction.
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The Staff Of The Morning, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Grizzlies number about 2,000 in the 48 contiguous states, up from fewer than 1,000 in the 1970s but only a fraction of what was once 50,000.
—Zack Budryk, The Hill, 8 Jan. 2025
These additional videos bring his total views in 2024 to forty-three million—much higher than Hobson’s number, generated with a fraction of the stress and expense.
—Cal Newport, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2025
Capital felonies, life felonies and first-degree felonies punishable by life imprisonment make up a tiny fraction of all offenses and typically have extreme sentences, the Herald found.
—Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
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The Staff Of The Morning, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Grizzlies number about 2,000 in the 48 contiguous states, up from fewer than 1,000 in the 1970s but only a fraction of what was once 50,000.
—Zack Budryk, The Hill, 8 Jan. 2025
These additional videos bring his total views in 2024 to forty-three million—much higher than Hobson’s number, generated with a fraction of the stress and expense.
—Cal Newport, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2025
Capital felonies, life felonies and first-degree felonies punishable by life imprisonment make up a tiny fraction of all offenses and typically have extreme sentences, the Herald found.
—Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fraction
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Hard plastic or metal fragments can cause choking, particularly in children, elderly individuals or those with swallowing difficulties.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
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Even business-to-business software companies need to compete for fragments of prospects’ attention with gaming apps and TikTok dance-offs now.Martin Kihn, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
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Mazzoli created a lush score that was alternately sweeping or intimate, sensuous or mystical, yet with a distinctive sound that was her own weaving a thread through the piece.Janelle Gelfand, Cincinnati.com, 19 July 2017
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This is why the war stories of Tom Clancy are such convincing and moving pieces of fiction.Janine Barchas, Washington Post, 18 July 2017
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There’s a even bit of Austin Burke’s salesmanship character in Sager, who has plugged the store on The Happy Customer Channel on YouTube or on frequent radio commercials and as a guest on Big 105.9.Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 13 Jan. 2025
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And that has stoked concerns about chemical bits lingering in the final product.Erica Sloan, SELF, 13 Jan. 2025
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Here’s City writer, Sam Lee, who has gorged and feasted upon trophies galore in recent years, while the rest of us dine on scraps (or the Sela Cup, in my case).George Caulkin, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
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Most clothes made of recycled materials use post-consumer plastic bottles or fabric scraps — an important element of textile recycling, but not a sufficient answer to pollution from fashion.Lewis Perkins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Fraction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fraction. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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