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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a sixth part.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun one part in six equal parts
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Examples
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It depends on the slope of the growth of the company, but right now, at approximately $40 million payout on $250 million, $260 million of free cash flow, call it one-sixth or so of the free cash flow.
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A decade ago, that fraction was only one-sixth.xi On top of the language factor, students who take the test annually in over 170 countries and territories, from the Aaland Islands to Zimbabwe, must contend with often-strange concepts that show up on the test.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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A decade ago, that fraction was only one-sixth.xi On top of the language factor, students who take the test annually in over 170 countries and territories, from the Aaland Islands to Zimbabwe, must contend with often-strange concepts that show up on the test.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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Passenger and cargo transport is way down - one-sixth of what it was just 20 years ago.
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Passenger and cargo transport is way down - one-sixth of what it was just 20 years ago.
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While football had 67 minutes of standing-around time — about 21 minutes less than baseball — baseball broadcasts showed managers about one-half the amount of time that football broadcasts showed head coaches, one-sixth the amount of shots showing officials and only half the time that football telecasts devoted to replays.
The Anatomy of a Baseball Broadcast David Biderman 2010
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Home of ethnic UighursXinjiang accounts for about one-sixth of China's overall land mass and is crucial strategically to the country because of its rich deposits of oil and gas and its close proximity to Afghanistan, Pakistan and Central Asia.
Details of Alleged Xinjiang 'Terrorist Attack' Still Sketchy 2011
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* "A big-government takeover of one-sixth of the economy": 25%
Rick Horowitz: Election Day: Making Sense of All Those Numbers Rick Horowitz 2010
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If the Colts commit over one-sixth of the salary cap to Manning, they have less money to pay players at other positions.
Hank Koebler: Peyton Manning's Contract a Lose-Lose Situation for Colts Hank Koebler 2011
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If the Colts commit over one-sixth of the salary cap to Manning, they have less money to pay players at other positions.
Hank Koebler: Peyton Manning's Contract a Lose-Lose Situation for Colts Hank Koebler 2011
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