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Recent Examples of fractionally
Apple shares rose fractionally in early trading, just enough to briefly push the company’s value above the historic level.
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Steve Kopack, NBC news, 28 Oct. 2025
His grounder exit speed is fractionally improved, but still well below average.
—Tony Blengino, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
The pan-European Stoxx 600 index provisionally closed fractionally above the flatline.
—Chloe Taylor,jenni Reid,holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2025
Though the blast was intensely loud, the majority of its force shot harmlessly over Baxter’s head, and the nearest hill shaded him from the heat rays until the fireball was at least seven miles high and its energy was all but fractionally spent.
—Charles Pellegrino, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2025
Steve Kopack, NBC news, 28 Oct. 2025
His grounder exit speed is fractionally improved, but still well below average.
—Tony Blengino, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
The pan-European Stoxx 600 index provisionally closed fractionally above the flatline.
—Chloe Taylor,jenni Reid,holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2025
Though the blast was intensely loud, the majority of its force shot harmlessly over Baxter’s head, and the nearest hill shaded him from the heat rays until the fireball was at least seven miles high and its energy was all but fractionally spent.
—Charles Pellegrino, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fractionally
Adverb
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Engaging with books concerned with ambivalence and uncertainty are, almost imperceptibly, a way of remaining ourselves.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Oct. 2025
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Use a milk frother to blend it imperceptibly in your drink and add a dash of your favorite natural sweetener.—
Brianna Peters,
Vogue,
1 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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The company behind the iconic Roomba robotic vacuum has been watching its stock progressively slide since 2021 as its early success was overrun by stiff competition from Chinese rivals Anker, Ecovacs, and Roborock.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
28 Oct. 2025
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Made through the couple’s Stoneridge Foundation, the gift is the largest in the institution’s 110-year history and will establish the Amy and Marc Meadows Education Endowment, which will progressively distribute the funds.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
28 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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In contrast, China and South Korea have grown increasingly at odds as China's technological advancement accelerated.—
Se Eun Gong,
NPR,
2 Nov. 2025
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The previous longest, a 35-day funding pause in December 2018 and January 2019, ended partly because of increasingly tight staffing at some of the nation’s busiest airports.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
2 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Stand about shoulder-width apart on the flat surface and slowly lower your body down into a squat until your thighs are parallel to the ground or slightly lower.—
Jakob Roze,
Health,
31 Oct. 2025
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In addition to the GOP leaders, most rank-and-file Senate Republicans also oppose repealing the filibuster that’s been slowly weakened by both parties in recent decades for Executive Branch and judicial nominees.—
Ramsey Touchberry,
The Washington Examiner,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Fractionally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fractionally. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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