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
The lender is honoring just a fraction of those requests, paying out 5% from each fund.
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Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2026
The strategy has deepened anxiety in Tyre and throughout southern Lebanon, where around 60,000 people once lived but only a fraction remain.
—Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026
Dozens of amateur and professional photographers were invited to find beauty in the invisible world of force fields and subatomic particles, which blip into existence for fractions of a second and hold secrets about the origin and fate of the universe.
—Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 1 Apr. 2026
Taking a page from the viral Rag & Bone sweatpant jeans playbook, these stretchy yet sturdy pull-on wide-leg pants deliver a similar look for a fraction of the price.
—Annie Blackman, InStyle, 1 Apr. 2026
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Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2026
The strategy has deepened anxiety in Tyre and throughout southern Lebanon, where around 60,000 people once lived but only a fraction remain.
—Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026
Dozens of amateur and professional photographers were invited to find beauty in the invisible world of force fields and subatomic particles, which blip into existence for fractions of a second and hold secrets about the origin and fate of the universe.
—Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 1 Apr. 2026
Taking a page from the viral Rag & Bone sweatpant jeans playbook, these stretchy yet sturdy pull-on wide-leg pants deliver a similar look for a fraction of the price.
—Annie Blackman, InStyle, 1 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fraction
Noun
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Broger initially came across the shattered skull and bone fragments before contacting del Río to investigate.—
Ryan Brennan
April 4,
Miami Herald,
4 Apr. 2026
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This post has been corrected to reflect that submunitions, rather than fragments, landed in Tel Aviv, according to the source.—
Sophie Tanno,
CNN Money,
4 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Rotating with the seasons, each dish from head chef Agnar Sverrisson is a piece of art, from the summer-in-a-bowl gazpacho and expertly cooked Wagyu to the end-of-meal macarons nestled into a literal nature scene.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Apr. 2026
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Using the text as a base, this piece tells the story of an unlikely bond — a ship’s Captain harboring a stowaway accused of murder —through a mix of words, dance, music, sound, and art installation.—
Jed Gottlieb,
Boston Herald,
5 Apr. 2026
Noun
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When the crew retracted the drill to replace its bit, an overpowering jet of oil fountained from the well.—
Jeffrey Marlow,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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Young Alfred Tennyson grew up in a similarly provincial bit of England, tucked away in his father’s vicarage on a remote part of the east coast of England in a village of fewer than a hundred souls.—
Kathryn Hughes,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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If previous records massaged her hedonism into silky, professional-grade pop, the sound on WOR$T GIRL is all sinew and scrap metal, a leaner and meaner vehicle for acting out.—
Harry Tafoya,
Pitchfork,
2 Apr. 2026
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Pieces of the structure were hauled off to a scrap yard in Maryland.—
Arden Farhi,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Fraction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fraction. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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