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
The fact that most other countries on Earth, and certainly peer countries economically, have tiny fractions of our total numbers of gun deaths and injuries shows that basic, common-sense restrictions work and work well.
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2025
The Chinese tariffs that will pummel soybeans, the primary aircraft category, the primary category for vaccines, plasma and blood fractions, cotton and grain sorghum.
—Ken Roberts, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
With blockchain and real estate crowdfunding, people can now own fractions of properties worldwide.
—Stephen Akintayo, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
For example, real estate tokenization enables investors to own fractions of properties, opening new capital flows into traditionally illiquid markets.
—Charles Morey, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
This colt is the top longshot pick with a slight chance to win if the leaders go through too fast of fractions, but can hit the board and add to the trifecta payouts.
—Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
In one human lifetime, stars appear to move mere fractions of an arcsecond — a unit of measurement for angles and distances in the night sky.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
This process causes the molecule to become positively charged and unstable, breaking apart within fractions of a second.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 11 Mar. 2025
Unlike the more familiar real numbers – positive and negative integers, fractions, square roots, cube roots and even numbers such as pi – complex numbers have an imaginary component.
—William Ross, The Conversation, 10 Mar. 2025
New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2025
The Chinese tariffs that will pummel soybeans, the primary aircraft category, the primary category for vaccines, plasma and blood fractions, cotton and grain sorghum.
—Ken Roberts, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
With blockchain and real estate crowdfunding, people can now own fractions of properties worldwide.
—Stephen Akintayo, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
For example, real estate tokenization enables investors to own fractions of properties, opening new capital flows into traditionally illiquid markets.
—Charles Morey, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
This colt is the top longshot pick with a slight chance to win if the leaders go through too fast of fractions, but can hit the board and add to the trifecta payouts.
—Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
In one human lifetime, stars appear to move mere fractions of an arcsecond — a unit of measurement for angles and distances in the night sky.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
This process causes the molecule to become positively charged and unstable, breaking apart within fractions of a second.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 11 Mar. 2025
Unlike the more familiar real numbers – positive and negative integers, fractions, square roots, cube roots and even numbers such as pi – complex numbers have an imaginary component.
—William Ross, The Conversation, 10 Mar. 2025
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“Fractions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fractions. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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