fractionally

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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. 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
  • 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
  • Over the course of its deadly 67 minutes, the crew of a deep-space cruiser are progressively murdered.
    Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
  • 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
Adverb
  • But younger shoppers are increasingly cutting back on small daily indulgences while redirecting those savings toward statement pieces.
    Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Facing violence at home in Myanmar and increasingly difficult living conditions in sprawling refugee camps in Bangladesh, Rohingya from both countries regularly attempt perilous journeys by sea, including to Malaysia and Indonesia.
    Reuters, CNN Money, 9 Nov. 2025
Adverb
  • The wreckage is slowly being subsumed by the reef in the shallow blue waters of the tropical lagoon, but its story is far from over.
    Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Catts, with no other option, turned the parade onto 17th Street and slowly wound it back to the American Royal building, leaving the spectators in downtown wondering where the parade had gone.
    Patrick Salland, Kansas City Star, 7 Nov. 2025

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“Fractionally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fractionally. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.

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