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
Sales at Sam’s Club US, the membership club launched in 1983 by Walmart founder Sam Walton, passed $90 billion last year — a fraction of its parent company’s $681 billion total, but more than the annual takings of Tesco or Albertsons.
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Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, a tiny fraction of individuals control more wealth than entire nations.
—Scott Ellis, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
Both men were iconoclasts who took MTV’s money and ran with it, adopting a collage approach to the news in which information was conveyed to the audience without the intermediary of an anchor or host, often with cuts that allowed shots to play out for only a fraction of a second.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 16 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, big tech companies like Google, Microsoft, IBM and OpenAI have all joined the small-but-mighty club, with models that are a fraction of the size of their bigger counterparts.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
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Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, a tiny fraction of individuals control more wealth than entire nations.
—Scott Ellis, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
Both men were iconoclasts who took MTV’s money and ran with it, adopting a collage approach to the news in which information was conveyed to the audience without the intermediary of an anchor or host, often with cuts that allowed shots to play out for only a fraction of a second.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 16 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, big tech companies like Google, Microsoft, IBM and OpenAI have all joined the small-but-mighty club, with models that are a fraction of the size of their bigger counterparts.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fraction
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The tens of thousands of ceramic fragments that were packed inside these underground time capsules have helped archaeologists date the layers and track the evolution of the temple's surroundings over the course of millennia.—
Pranjal Malewar,
New Atlas,
18 Oct. 2025
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Nanoplastics, the microscopic fragments shed from larger plastic waste, are emerging as a new frontier in environmental and health research.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Oct. 2025
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Dress up your bedroom with a new seven-piece comforter set or sink into something super soft like the Bedsure fluffy comforter.—
Sheri Kaz,
Better Homes & Gardens,
21 Oct. 2025
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Others are still picking up the pieces.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The comet bits have also spread a fair distance from it sideways, which is why some of the particles now intersect the Earth even though the comet's orbit does not.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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The problem with opinions is, just like various bits of anatomy, everybody has one.—
Paul Cappiello,
Louisville Courier Journal,
17 Oct. 2025
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Visit your local nursery for scrap evergreen or find options on Etsy.—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
20 Oct. 2025
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Black Girl Magic has an entire economy of women who refuse to play small, refuse to compete for scraps, and refuse to let comparison steal their audacity.—
Essence,
Essence,
18 Oct. 2025
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“Fraction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fraction. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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