as in fragment
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 fraction
Today, smartphones are more powerful than those early computers, are a fraction of the cost and fit in our pockets.
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Greg Robinson, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
That group's funding represents a small fraction of the more than $200 million Musk spent in the 2024 election cycle, most of it through his super PAC intended to elect Trump, a signal of the influence wealthy people are angling to wield in U.S. politics and Trump's incoming administration.
—Meg Kinnard The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 7 Dec. 2024
This model has had undeniable success in the Commercial Crew program, which, despite difficulties with the Boeing Starliner, has provided two space transport vehicles that can carry humans into orbit for a fraction of the price the agency would likely have spent developing its own vehicle.
—Georgina Torbet, The Verge, 7 Dec. 2024
Just remember that juggling dumbbells while standing on a stability ball represents a fraction of the actual work that athlete has already put in to master it.
—Kate Ligler, Outside Online, 7 Dec. 2024
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Greg Robinson, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
That group's funding represents a small fraction of the more than $200 million Musk spent in the 2024 election cycle, most of it through his super PAC intended to elect Trump, a signal of the influence wealthy people are angling to wield in U.S. politics and Trump's incoming administration.
—Meg Kinnard The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 7 Dec. 2024
This model has had undeniable success in the Commercial Crew program, which, despite difficulties with the Boeing Starliner, has provided two space transport vehicles that can carry humans into orbit for a fraction of the price the agency would likely have spent developing its own vehicle.
—Georgina Torbet, The Verge, 7 Dec. 2024
Just remember that juggling dumbbells while standing on a stability ball represents a fraction of the actual work that athlete has already put in to master it.
—Kate Ligler, Outside Online, 7 Dec. 2024
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The museum exhibits tile fragments, Byzantine artifacts, and Ottoman bath accessories.Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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His library is full of trophies that attest to his prowess, an Emmy and multiple other awards crowded together on a small table with some ancient sculpture fragments.Belinda Luscombe, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024
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Mazzoli created a lush score that was alternately sweeping or intimate, sensuous or mystical, yet with a distinctive sound that was her own weaving a thread through the piece.Janelle Gelfand, Cincinnati.com, 19 July 2017
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This is why the war stories of Tom Clancy are such convincing and moving pieces of fiction.Janine Barchas, Washington Post, 18 July 2017
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As on Android, the bulk of the app data is deleted to free up space, with key bits of information kept on your phone.David Nield, WIRED, 14 Dec. 2024
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This understandable bit of gamesmanship has unintended consequences.Nate Jones, Vulture, 14 Dec. 2024
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Du Plessis went six for 11 on takedowns during Saturday’s scrap.Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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Many Americans never knew the EV1 existed — and the fight to keep it alive ended with GM crushing nearly all the cars into scrap.Jack Mitchell, NPR, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Fraction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fraction. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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