fourth of

Frequency: 8.215.5 per million words

to indicate one of four equal parts of a larger amount or group

fourthNOUN + PREPOSITION

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of

Examples (10)

  • One fourth of total sales came from online channels.
  • A fourth of the city population is under 18.
  • About a fourth of the budget was allocated to education.
  • Nearly a fourth of the pie has already been eaten.
  • Exactly one fourth of an hour had passed when the alarm rang.
  • The survey found that a fourth of respondents preferred remote work.
  • We cut the cake so that each person got a fourth of it.
  • By noon, roughly a fourth of the tasks were complete.
  • She donated a fourth of her earnings to charity.
  • The river supplies a fourth of the region’s water.