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Examples (10)

• Over a third of the students failed the final exam.
• The last third of the novel was much more exciting than the beginning.
• She spent about a third of her monthly salary on rent.
• Almost a third of the earth's surface is covered by land.
• The recipe requires a third of a cup of sugar.
• He finished the race in the top third of the runners.
• A third of the cake has already been eaten by the children.
• The company plans to cut a third of its workforce by next year.
• The cost is roughly a third of what it was last year.
• Only a third of the participants completed the entire survey.