as in fragments
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 fractions
Those fractions may look small, but ozone chemistry is anything but linear.
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New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2025
There's also Equals, a mathematics brain teaser card game to the order of operations and fractions.
—Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Oct. 2025
There are so many life lessons packed into baking a simple birthday cake or a blueberry muffin, and not just how to do fractions.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 30 Sep. 2025
Even if a harvester can outgas regolith reliably, separating minute traces of helium-3 from helium-4 and other gases at low mass fractions requires sophisticated cryogenic or membrane systems.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2025
Revisions are usually tiny—fractions of a percent.
—Brandon Kochkodin, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The tradeable PGIs would give market participants legally enforceable ownership of vaulted gold and allow traders to buy fractions of 400-ounce bars for the first time, according to Mike Oswin, global head of market structure and innovation at the WGC.
—Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 7 Sep. 2025
There is not really a need for beta blockers, particularly in people with normal ejection fractions [following heart attacks], which may be about 50 percent or higher.
—Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
In fact, most men and women who survive heart attacks today have ejection fractions above 50%, Ibáñez said.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2025
New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2025
There's also Equals, a mathematics brain teaser card game to the order of operations and fractions.
—Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Oct. 2025
There are so many life lessons packed into baking a simple birthday cake or a blueberry muffin, and not just how to do fractions.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 30 Sep. 2025
Even if a harvester can outgas regolith reliably, separating minute traces of helium-3 from helium-4 and other gases at low mass fractions requires sophisticated cryogenic or membrane systems.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2025
Revisions are usually tiny—fractions of a percent.
—Brandon Kochkodin, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The tradeable PGIs would give market participants legally enforceable ownership of vaulted gold and allow traders to buy fractions of 400-ounce bars for the first time, according to Mike Oswin, global head of market structure and innovation at the WGC.
—Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 7 Sep. 2025
There is not really a need for beta blockers, particularly in people with normal ejection fractions [following heart attacks], which may be about 50 percent or higher.
—Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
In fact, most men and women who survive heart attacks today have ejection fractions above 50%, Ibáñez said.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fractions
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As rival governments emerge and the country fragments, access to aid has been weaponized and humanitarian workers killed with impunity.—
David Miliband,
Time,
4 Nov. 2025
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According to Science Alert, if the samples reveal traces of material consistent with a meteorite, the museum will likely conduct a search of the site to locate any remaining fragments.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Nov. 2025
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But right now in the aftermath of that heroic action is a family that has to pick up the pieces.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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The brand bridges India’s centuries-old craftsmanship with contemporary silhouettes — pieces worn by the likes of Kate Middleton, Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter.—
Ryma Chikhoune,
Footwear News,
3 Nov. 2025
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Like so many other bits of Times coverage, the whole of the piece is structured as an orchestrated encounter.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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Those bits of baked-on food should wipe right off after a good soak.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Fractions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fractions. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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