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
There are so many life lessons packed into baking a simple birthday cake or a blueberry muffin, and not just how to do fractions.
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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
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
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About 58 million pounds of corn dogs and other meats on sticks were recalled because of possible wood fragments in the batter.—
Emily Kay Votruba,
EverydayHealth.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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Two days later, Zeek was home with his family again, fragments of the bullet still lodged in his shoulder between a block of nerves and main blood vessel.—
Danya Gainor,
CNN Money,
28 Sep. 2025
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Krauskopf and general manager Amber Cox stayed on the phones, adding more pieces for the stretch run.—
Sabreena Merchant,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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Other denim pieces included straight-leg jeans with a center crease and a shrunken jean jacket.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
29 Sep. 2025
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How, then, did identical bits of DNA surface in entirely different types of bacteria?—
Elie Dolgin,
IEEE Spectrum,
25 Sep. 2025
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But any lyrical intensity is undercut, to say the least, by the playfulness of Mercury’s vocals and the gleefully absurd operatic bits.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Fractions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fractions. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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