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
Zeng says that what’s been uncovered in the new deposit is only a fraction of the tens of thousands of other fossils there.
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Marlowe Starling, Quanta Magazine, 1 May 2026
As of mid-April, just two-dozen stores were still operating, a fraction of the shopping center’s outlets.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
It’s been compared to the Lululemon version but keeps my essentials just as secure for a fraction of the price.
—Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 1 May 2026
But Commandment’s final fractions numbers are excellent.
—Peter Keating, New York Times, 1 May 2026
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Marlowe Starling, Quanta Magazine, 1 May 2026
As of mid-April, just two-dozen stores were still operating, a fraction of the shopping center’s outlets.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
It’s been compared to the Lululemon version but keeps my essentials just as secure for a fraction of the price.
—Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 1 May 2026
But Commandment’s final fractions numbers are excellent.
—Peter Keating, New York Times, 1 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fraction
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Within the first four months of this year, the figures are already approaching the record annual highs set across 2025, during which Romania reported nine airspace violations, the discovery of fragments 16 times, 21 air policing missions and 28 attacks on Ukrainian targets close to Romania.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
2 May 2026
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During a season-ending arthroscopic surgery late last season, a physician removed a cartilage fragment within his left knee and performed a mosaicplasty procedure to repair the trochlear joint surface.—
Josh Robbins,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
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The Musketeers lost almost all of their key pieces aside from forward Jovan Milicevic and added a haul highlighted by former UAB guard Chance Westry and former LSU center Mike Nwoko, along with Ruben Dominguez from Texas A&M and Tru Washington from Miami.—
Joe Arruda,
Hartford Courant,
2 May 2026
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Paint a colorful background, then layer cut canvas pieces for texture and dimension.—
Kris Slugg,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 May 2026
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Ridden by Jose Ortiz, Always a Runner made a move around the final turn and needed every bit of the stretch to pass Bob Baffert’s Explora and and Michael McCarthy’s Meaning before the finish line of the 1 1/8-mile race.—
Stephen Whyno,
Chicago Tribune,
2 May 2026
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Jackson and other experts detail why apple cores and other food waste are harmful, and why the best way to protect our natural habitats is not to throw anything out, even the seemingly harmless bits.—
Emily Hayes,
Martha Stewart,
2 May 2026
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Fed on moral scraps, the child must find her own meaning on which to subsist.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Heizer specifically engineered it so that future humans, scavenging for scrap in a postapocalyptic scenario, would be forced to turn back from his monument empty-handed.—
Olivia Kan-Sperling,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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“Fraction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fraction. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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