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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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fractional distillation
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The report shows a fractional sales increase for the month of December.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As fractional contracts can not be written it is almost inevitable that the hedge will not be perfect.
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At every step of the way, some fractional increase in lung area will be an advantage.
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The fractional excretion of magnesium rises as glomerular filtration rate falls.
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The Prince and his wife must have died at the very same moment, to within a fractional thousandth of a second.
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Their rating has fallen since last July on 15 out of 16 issues, with only a fractional improvement on unemployment.