mere fraction
Frequency: 6.99.5 per million words
Used to emphasize how small or insignificant a part is.
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- A mere fraction of available wind energy is currently utilized.
- The repairs cost a mere fraction of what we had budgeted.
- Even after the donation drive, we collected a mere fraction of the amount needed.
- These tickets sold for a mere fraction of their face value on resale.
- Her salary is a mere fraction of what executives earn.
- We managed to cut the time to a mere fraction by automating the workflow.
- The survivors represent a mere fraction of the original population.
- Our prototype uses a mere fraction of the power of competing devices.
- He read a mere fraction of the report before the meeting.
- What we see is a mere fraction of what actually happens behind the scenes.