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three-fourths

NOUN
  1. three of four equal parts
    three-fourths of a pound

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  • I might have understood how clumsy I was, when I was rearing my children in the most utter idleness and luxury, to reform other people and their children, who were perishing from idleness in what I called the den of the Rzhanoff house, where, nevertheless, three-fourths of the people toil for themselves and for others. What to Do?
  • Three-fourths of the public say they favor a national referendum on the issue.
  • a profusion of thin circles, called sambo, made of the giraffe's tail-hairs bound round by the thinnest iron or copper wire; whilst the men at home wear loin-cloths, but in the field, or whilst travelling, simply hang a goat-skin over their shoulders, exposing at least three-fourths of their body in a rather indecorous manner. The Discovery of the Source of the Nile
  • Exactly; and this fact gives me the opportunity of making you understand the action of the lungs by explaining that of the bellows, which is in everybody's hands, but which three-fourths of the people use, without troubling themselves to inquire how it is made or acts. The History of a Mouthful of Bread And its effect on the organization of men and animals
  • Three-fourths of the apartments in the ghetto had no heat.
  • By the late 1990s, about three-fourths of all Americans lived in urban areas.
  • The motifs are fairly well centered on the planchet, and about three-fourths of the dentilation shows. Look What I Dug Up! 1817/4 Half Dollar : Coin Collecting News
  • Then add water until the tray is about three-fourths full and finish freezing. Jazz Up Your Drinks With Garnished Ice Cubes | Lifehacker Australia
  • The cataclysmic event may have caused widespread extinction of the dinosaurs and three-fourths of Earth's living organisms.
  • Set slips deep enough to cover three-fourths of the stem and water them promptly after transplanting to the garden.
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