as in fragments
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 fractions
The images showed how quarks carrying different fractions of the pion’s momentum are distributed across the particle.
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Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 12 June 2026
The subject area improvements also went beyond fractions.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 10 June 2026
For someone who has to make decisions on the move in fractions of a second, there is something freeing about the stillness of this endeavor.
—Jared Weiss, New York Times, 10 June 2026
Still, students who struggle with fractions should probably not enroll in calculus at an institution such as Berkeley; standardized tests would help avert that.
—Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 9 June 2026
Because unlike the fractions of a penny most artists currently receive per stream, Tapedeck guarantees one whole penny per play, plus a dollar for every track download, and $10 for any album download—and those are just the minimums.
—Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 9 June 2026
An agentic workflow that completes successfully might make six redundant API calls to get there, each costing fractions of a cent that compound to thousands of dollars at scale.
—Satyabrat Chowdhury, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Moreover, these particles had lifespans lasting only fractions of a second and a price tag in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
—Kai James, The Conversation, 26 May 2026
The people who stand to gain the most from this record-setting refresh rate are high-level competitors with PCs that can push extremely high frame rates, for whom shaving down the smallest fractions of latency can make a real difference.
—New Atlas, 23 May 2026
Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 12 June 2026
The subject area improvements also went beyond fractions.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 10 June 2026
For someone who has to make decisions on the move in fractions of a second, there is something freeing about the stillness of this endeavor.
—Jared Weiss, New York Times, 10 June 2026
Still, students who struggle with fractions should probably not enroll in calculus at an institution such as Berkeley; standardized tests would help avert that.
—Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 9 June 2026
Because unlike the fractions of a penny most artists currently receive per stream, Tapedeck guarantees one whole penny per play, plus a dollar for every track download, and $10 for any album download—and those are just the minimums.
—Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 9 June 2026
An agentic workflow that completes successfully might make six redundant API calls to get there, each costing fractions of a cent that compound to thousands of dollars at scale.
—Satyabrat Chowdhury, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Moreover, these particles had lifespans lasting only fractions of a second and a price tag in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
—Kai James, The Conversation, 26 May 2026
The people who stand to gain the most from this record-setting refresh rate are high-level competitors with PCs that can push extremely high frame rates, for whom shaving down the smallest fractions of latency can make a real difference.
—New Atlas, 23 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fractions
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The lithosphere, however, is not in one piece and exists like a puzzle or series of fragments, according to the USGS.—
Brandi D. Addison,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
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The uppermost part of this orbit crosses the orbit of the International Space Station, but aerodynamic drag will quickly pull all the debris fragments below the ISS.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
15 June 2026
Noun
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West Elm has an under-the-radar outlet hub that’s regularly updated with fresh open-box deals and is chock-full of furniture, bedding, and décor pieces.—
Toni Sutton,
PEOPLE,
13 June 2026
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The majority of items on show are from a collection that Lai Mah donated to the museum in 2022 comprising mostly of dresses belonging to Susan, as well as some pieces from her own mother, Li Zhang Huifang, who was a good friend of Susan’s.—
Stephy Chung,
CNN Money,
13 June 2026
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After hearing these songs, the happier ones at the beginning of the album reveal bits of shadow that Rodrigo has built into them to presage what’s to come — to presage what always comes.—
Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
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Work was completed on the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool last weekend, with attention turning to other bits of the president’s construction projects, such as his triumphal arch.—
Rob Crilly,
The Washington Examiner,
12 June 2026
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“Fractions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fractions. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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