fractionally

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Recent Examples of fractionally 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
  • Engaging with books concerned with ambivalence and uncertainty are, almost imperceptibly, a way of remaining ourselves.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
  • 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
  • Using Rendezvous Robotics’ technology, Frank said the company can progressively send more and more material up and build bigger and bigger structures.
    Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The intervention group played BrainHQ’s Double Decision and Freeze Frame modules, which became progressively harder as players improved.
    Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Meanwhile, Brown continued to blossom into the offense, fellow receiver Xavier Worthy made his presence known with a 6-yard touchdown reception and tight end Travis Kelce looked increasingly smooth with 78 yards — his second-most in a regular-season game since last November.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Calls for the United States to return astronauts to the moon before the end of the decade have been increasingly loud and frequent, emanating from bipartisan lawmakers and science advocates alike.
    Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Once Karloff slowly turns, Whale pushes the camera closer and closer to him in a series of cuts that thrust the viewer into the monster’s space — and which reveal the flawlessness of Pierce’s design in unblinking close-ups.
    Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Mark Jerome, who took over the program as executive director three years after the Lorch scandal broke, slowly built Riverside back to respectability between 2005 and 2015.
    Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2025

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“Fractionally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fractionally. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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