fractions

plural of fraction

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of fractions 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 Need to explain fractions to a 9-year-old? Alena Conley, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2025 Most of those dimensions will change by only fractions of inches, other than the height, which will grow about 3–4 inches taller (76–101 mm). Michael Teo Van Runkle, ArsTechnica, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fractions
Noun
  • Of the 2,483 artifacts recovered, a whopping 2,117 were bone fragments.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The enzymes target specific chemical structures along the polymer, bind at those points, and cleave the chains into microbial-friendly fragments.
    Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Others are still picking up the pieces.
    Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
  • No injuries were reported, but investigators recovered two pieces of shrapnel measuring approximately one to two inches long.
    Christina Shaw, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The dudes-rock montage that followed the execution sketch had some genuinely funny bits.
    T. M. Brown, New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2025
  • As is customary, Danielle got the showier instrumental bits of the night, going from playing some serious fuzz guitar to the mid-show segment that has her kicking it on drums.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025

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“Fractions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fractions. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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