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the relationship in quantity, amount, or size between two or more things
the ratio of students to teachers in the school is nine to one
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In a note to clients published this week, Higgins found that for information technology and the rest of Big Tech, the ratio of the current share price to earnings per share has risen over the last few years, showing inflated valuations.
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Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2026
Seven locations also showed chlorine-to-sulfate mass ratios high enough to signal elevated corrosion potential — a condition that can increase the likelihood that metals will leach from plumbing over time.
—Bridget Shirvell, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2026
The three stood as the only players with better than a 4-to-1 ratio.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2026
At current ratios of licensed skilled nursing and assisted living units to population, seniors will require 300,000 more beds by the end of this decade and a million in 15 years.
—Tom Wolzien, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2026
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Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2026
Seven locations also showed chlorine-to-sulfate mass ratios high enough to signal elevated corrosion potential — a condition that can increase the likelihood that metals will leach from plumbing over time.
—Bridget Shirvell, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2026
The three stood as the only players with better than a 4-to-1 ratio.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2026
At current ratios of licensed skilled nursing and assisted living units to population, seniors will require 300,000 more beds by the end of this decade and a million in 15 years.
—Tom Wolzien, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ratio
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The Financially Distressed City Law allows home-rule municipalities in the top 5% of tax rates and the bottom 5% of tax income per capita to apply for fiscal relief via a state takeover of finances.—
Evy Lewis,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2026
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The war and its corresponding surge in energy prices effectively pushes inflation higher and that has dashed hopes for the Fed to cut interest rates.—
Damian J. Troise,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Ratio.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ratio. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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