Thesaurus results for FRACTION

fraction

noun

ˈfrak-shən $How to pronounce fraction (audio)$

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 More than 15,000 third-country deportation orders were issued in the White House push for ever more immigrant expulsions, advocacy groups say, though only a fraction of the orders have been carried out. —

Claire Galofaro, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026 Because, through most of this review period, where an infinitesimal fraction of the launch player base has access to the game, those parking spots have not been filled. —

Adam Ismail, The Drive, 14 May 2026 Both houses say collectors are increasingly drawn to rare, colored diamonds, which make up only a fraction of all the diamonds mined around the world. —

CBS News, 14 May 2026 Nearly five years after the Caldor Fire destroyed about 785 homes in Grizzly Flats, only a small fraction have been rebuilt. —

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Straus Family Creamery is voluntarily recalling a variety of organic ice cream flavors and sizes sold in 17 states because of concerns there may be metal fragments in the frozen treats, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday.

— Kerry Breen, CBS News, 16 May 2026
Vaccines present either defanged pathogens or distinctive fragments of them to specialized immune cells—namely, T cells and antibody-producing B cells—that can then learn to identify those microbial enemies.

— Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 15 May 2026