as in rate
the relationship in quantity, amount, or size between two or more things
the ratio of students to teachers in the school is nine to one
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Recent Examples of ratio
The Fed now wants the enhanced supplementary leverage ratio to be applied on a bank-by-bank basis, depending on each firm's mix of assets.
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Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 26 June 2025
Is the ratio something like 75 percent Amie and 25 percent animatronic?
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2025
The 25-year-old rookie has a 32-to-12 strikeout-to-walk ratio in 42 ⅓ innings and has allowed four home runs.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 June 2025
Both diets had identical macronutrient ratios, but participants absorbed more energy overall from the Western diet.
—Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 13 June 2025
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Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 26 June 2025
Is the ratio something like 75 percent Amie and 25 percent animatronic?
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2025
The 25-year-old rookie has a 32-to-12 strikeout-to-walk ratio in 42 ⅓ innings and has allowed four home runs.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 June 2025
Both diets had identical macronutrient ratios, but participants absorbed more energy overall from the Western diet.
—Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 13 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ratio
rate
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The village also anticipates raising its water rate by 15% for an increase of 99 cents per 100 cubic feet of water.—
Richard Requena,
Chicago Tribune,
21 June 2025
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His pressure on the Federal Reserve to cut rates, dismissed by Chairman Jerome Powell, had at least one governor seeing action next month.—
Paul Bedard,
The Washington Examiner,
21 June 2025
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“Ratio.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ratio. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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