fraction
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Using the cats' behavior as a guide, the scientists narrowed their search to a lipid fraction in urine containing unusual BFAs.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
The data show many Hamptons-bound flights operated by companies such as Flexjet traveling at around 1,000 feet, a fraction of the average cruising altitudes they advertise.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
The Mythic Reinvention exhibition, which is free, includes just a small fraction of the theatre's collection.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
“Thousands of people were actively involved in the Civil Rights Movement but barely a fraction of their stories were told,” Chatfield told UC San Diego.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
The banner thudded into the soft earth where Basil’s head had been a fraction of a second before.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
Major rivers including the Rhine, the Danube and the Loire have been reduced to fractions of their normal flows, leaving behind cracked earth and dead fish, while hammering economies.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
Tokenization allows investors to own fractions of an asset, rather than the whole thing, and blockchain hosting — theoretically, at least — enables payment, settlement, change of ownership and custody on a digital ledger.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
Copernicus Programme, Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich measures sea surface height across the world's oceans every 10 days with precision down to fractions of an inch.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 15, 2026
Another five publications followed, including a 2025 textbook on continued fractions published by Springer.
From Slate ● May 2, 2026
Whether this report is accurate or not, I’m convinced that a sizable minority of adult Americans wouldn’t be able to pass a simple test on percentages, decimals, fractions, and conversions from one to another.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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