Example sentences for: one-fourth

How can you use “one-fourth” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • However, we found that one-fourth to one-third of the gene fusions shared by at least two kingdoms might have evolved through such independent events, and probable additional independent fusions were noted among bacteria.

  • And in fact, his income for the previous week was not even one-fourth that earned by Microsoft's own Bill Gates, who was $3.

  • According to the Alan Guttmacher Institute, one-fourth of U.S. pregnancies are aborted--around 1.4 million a year.

  • It's the NYT , in its front-page story, that most clearly explains the relative smallness of the plan's $5 billion investment in global warming control: "enough to give every citizen an annual rebate covering one-fourth of the cost of a high-efficiency light bulb."

  • Christian-right activists now exercise significant control over 31 state Republican parties; they are estimated to comprise one-fourth to one-third of the GOP primary vote and to swing 5-10 points to Republicans in general elections.


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