Definitions
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- noun nonstandard
Two thirds ; the amount orproportion corresponding to two out of three.
Etymologies
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Examples
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Slowly, slowly, the treasure ship—the remaining twothirds of it—skidded roughly to a halt.
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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.
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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.
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Cerebrovascular Disease: The death rate from cerebrovascular disease (stroke) decreased by more than twothirds (from 88.6 to 26.5) between 1950 and 1993.
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Of all the persons that enter the FSP, half leave the program in six months or less and twothirds leave within one year.
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Of all the persons that enter the FSP, half leave the program in six months or less and twothirds leave within one year.
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