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
The cost of the psilocybin product itself is a small fraction of the overall cost of a retreat or individual session.
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Natalia V. Osipova, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2026
Contrary to popular belief, low wage earners such as DoorDashers and Uber drivers comprise only a small fraction of super-commuters.
—Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Mar. 2026
Lanzone, 55, finally got his chance after the private equity firm Apollo Global Management paid $5 billion to take over Yahoo in September 2021 — a fraction of its peak $125 billion market value reached during the dot-com boom’s giddy days in early 2000.
—Michael Liedtke, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
Converting the bus herself, including installing an electrical system for power and lights, and running water for the small shower and kitchenet, cost a fraction of that amount.
—ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026
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Natalia V. Osipova, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2026
Contrary to popular belief, low wage earners such as DoorDashers and Uber drivers comprise only a small fraction of super-commuters.
—Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Mar. 2026
Lanzone, 55, finally got his chance after the private equity firm Apollo Global Management paid $5 billion to take over Yahoo in September 2021 — a fraction of its peak $125 billion market value reached during the dot-com boom’s giddy days in early 2000.
—Michael Liedtke, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
Converting the bus herself, including installing an electrical system for power and lights, and running water for the small shower and kitchenet, cost a fraction of that amount.
—ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fraction
Noun
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The notes bounced over the lapping water, and people’s voices came in fragments.—
Cassandra Neyenesch,
New Yorker,
29 Mar. 2026
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The event Moskovitz is referring to occurred on March 21, when a 1-ton, 3-foot-wide meteor exploded over Texas, with a cannonball-sized fragment crashing through the roof of a house in Bammel, near Cypress Station, north of Houston, Texas.—
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
27 Mar. 2026
Noun
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And there was still so many questions that were left unanswered … a big piece of that was, what else was he involved in?—
Lauren Clark,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2026
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Neutral tones, rattan and brown leather furnishings, and antique-style wooden pieces characterise each indoor space so elegantly that interiors barely resemble a tent at all.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Mar. 2026
Noun
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A little bit of that football mindset in the sense of you just got to go 1-0 that day.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
29 Mar. 2026
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Hours and hours of rolling green hills and rice paddies passed by the windows, the pale pools amid the shoots flashing bits of sky.—
Cassandra Neyenesch,
New Yorker,
29 Mar. 2026
Noun
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This is the first time the city’s office of Climate Action, Sustainability and Resiliency has offered assistance for organics recycling, which separates food scraps from other waste for processing into compost, a soil fertilizer.—
Miguel Otárola,
Denver Post,
27 Mar. 2026
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Nightcrawlers thrive on organic food scraps such as coffee grounds, crushed egg shells, potato peels, and other veggie scraps.—
Joe Cermele,
Outdoor Life,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Fraction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fraction. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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