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  • noun nonstandard Two thirds; the amount or proportion corresponding to two out of three.

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two +‎ thirds

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Examples

  • A network of Michigan hospitals that adopted the checklist slashed infections by twothirds, saving more than 1,500 lives and $200million in the first 18 months.

    Do No Harm 2010

  • Plato wrote of the "golden proportions," which dubbed the width of an ideal face an exact twothirds its length, a nose no longer than the distance between the eyes.

    The Beauty Advantage 2010

  • Minorities are expected to account for more than twothirds of the net increase in households over the next decade, with the foreign born alone contributing at least one-third of the gains.

    Irony thy name is Mark Kirk Ellen Beth Gill 2008

  • The report finds that over 80% of the abstinence-only curricula, used by over twothirds of SPRANS grantees in 2003, contain false, misleading, or distorted information about reproductive health.

    THE NEWS BLOG 2004

  • Slowly, slowly, the treasure ship—the remaining twothirds of it—skidded roughly to a halt.

    The Viking Claw Michael Dahl 2001

  • While deputies quickly agreed to restore the monarchy, the main source of contention was whether a twothirds majority should be required to pass all legislation.

    DELIVER US FROM EVIL William Shawcross 2000

  • While deputies quickly agreed to restore the monarchy, the main source of contention was whether a twothirds majority should be required to pass all legislation.

    DELIVER US FROM EVIL William Shawcross 2000

  • Cerebrovascular Disease: The death rate from cerebrovascular disease (stroke) decreased by more than twothirds (from 88.6 to 26.5) between 1950 and 1993.

    The Population of the United States Douglas L. Anderton 1997

  • Of all the persons that enter the FSP, half leave the program in six months or less and twothirds leave within one year.

    Npr Accompanying Report Department Of Agriculture ITY National Archives 1994

  • Of all the persons that enter the FSP, half leave the program in six months or less and twothirds leave within one year.

    Npr Accompanying Report On The Department Of Agriculture ITY National Archives 1994

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