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
As with new car sales, such numbers might conjure up an image of your local dealership, however, dealerships account for a small fraction of the available auto service centers.
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Faisal Kutty, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
Her ejection fraction, the proportion of blood squeezed out of the main pumping chamber with each beat, was abnormally high.
—Dr. Eric Topol, Time, 8 May 2025
The cumulative $500 million of relief for the entire state since becoming governor in 2021 is a tiny fraction of the more than $3 billion in property, state income, and other state and local taxes Con Ed alone collects in rates from its captive customers each year.
—Mark Ellis, New York Daily News, 5 May 2025
Although about a dozen former workers are just a fraction of a company employing 4,000, the letter is still significant.
—Bobby Allyn, NPR, 5 May 2025
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Faisal Kutty, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
Her ejection fraction, the proportion of blood squeezed out of the main pumping chamber with each beat, was abnormally high.
—Dr. Eric Topol, Time, 8 May 2025
The cumulative $500 million of relief for the entire state since becoming governor in 2021 is a tiny fraction of the more than $3 billion in property, state income, and other state and local taxes Con Ed alone collects in rates from its captive customers each year.
—Mark Ellis, New York Daily News, 5 May 2025
Although about a dozen former workers are just a fraction of a company employing 4,000, the letter is still significant.
—Bobby Allyn, NPR, 5 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fraction
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The other was almost entirely absent of decoration, but was found with fragments of fabric, which could have come from a material case or the clothes the deceased owner was wearing when buried.—
Chloe Mayer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 May 2025
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Psaki’s show will, at least, be one fragment among all the others, and perhaps a relatively noticeable one.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
9 May 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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Inflation eased to a four-year low Your wallet may feel a tiny bit of ease.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
14 May 2025
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That promo bit was preceded by a series of surprise mini-concerts at other bars in Boston and Nashville, as well as a pop-in at Nashville’s Santa’s Pub with Noah Kahan for a short dual set and reconstruction the pop-up pub at the Coachella Festival.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
13 May 2025
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The two then fought to a split draw in a September 2023 scrap.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
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Organizers have held quilt-ins in 30 states, evoking the image of repurposing scraps of otherwise unwanted fabric into something worth more than the sum of its parts.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
7 May 2025
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“Fraction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fraction. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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