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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 ratios
By running experiments with varying model sizes and noise-batch ratios, the team established a basic understanding of differential privacy scaling laws, which is a balance between the compute budget, privacy budget, and data budget.
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Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
Declining enrollment means the district may need to shuffle schools, students, or teachers to ensure each school is well attended, and the student-teacher ratios are well-balanced.
—Miami Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
The government spends around a third of its revenue on debt interest payments, one of the highest ratios in the world.
—Preeti Jha, semafor.com, 10 Sep. 2025
JPMorgan Chase maintains the best capital ratios in the industry and is best positioned to grow noninterest revenue throughout all cycles.
—David Trainer, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The 45 metrics included senior centers per capita, walkability scores, ratios of the health care workers to residents and cost of in-home services.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Of clubs to play in the Premier League in that time, only Nottingham Forest (138 per cent), Everton and Leicester City (both 133 per cent) racked up higher ratios.
—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
Foreign transaction fee 3% These cards also have access to the same Citi ThankYou® partners as the above Citi cards with annual fees, but at reduced transfer ratios.
—Ryley Amond, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2025
If using the powder, consult the instructions for proper ratios for mixing into water to form a paste.
—Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2025
Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
Declining enrollment means the district may need to shuffle schools, students, or teachers to ensure each school is well attended, and the student-teacher ratios are well-balanced.
—Miami Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
The government spends around a third of its revenue on debt interest payments, one of the highest ratios in the world.
—Preeti Jha, semafor.com, 10 Sep. 2025
JPMorgan Chase maintains the best capital ratios in the industry and is best positioned to grow noninterest revenue throughout all cycles.
—David Trainer, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The 45 metrics included senior centers per capita, walkability scores, ratios of the health care workers to residents and cost of in-home services.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Of clubs to play in the Premier League in that time, only Nottingham Forest (138 per cent), Everton and Leicester City (both 133 per cent) racked up higher ratios.
—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
Foreign transaction fee 3% These cards also have access to the same Citi ThankYou® partners as the above Citi cards with annual fees, but at reduced transfer ratios.
—Ryley Amond, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2025
If using the powder, consult the instructions for proper ratios for mixing into water to form a paste.
—Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ratios
rates
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In response to the flagging labor market, the Fed is expected to cut interest rates when policymakers meet next week.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
11 Sep. 2025
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That could accelerate inflation and could also push up longer-term interest rates, such as those on mortgages and car loans.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Ratios.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ratios. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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