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Meanings of about one-sixth in English

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Usage of about one-sixth in English
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It has about 4 million policy holders, about one-sixth of Taiwan's population.
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The loan was to amount to about one-sixth of a man's property.
England under the Tudors
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Without allowing a year's furlough, the above amount would be reduced about one-sixth.
Canada and the States
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It is a small fly about one-sixth of an inch long, thick-bodied, and black.
On the Trail: An Outdoor Book for Girls
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The Weather Channel gets about one-sixth of its U.S. viewers through the Dish Network.
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In the country about one-tenth; in London about one-sixth.
Thrift
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When complete, the LCS fleet would make up about one-sixth of the entire U.S. Navy fleet.
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It was already the largest investor in American Express Co, owning about one-sixth of that card issuer.
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Only about one-sixth of the normal acreage was planted due to seed shortage and loss of confidence.
The Irish Times
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College represented about one-sixth of overall sales.
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Barnes & Noble's college bookstore business operates about 637 stores and makes up about one-sixth of the bookseller's sales.
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Tourism accounts for about one-sixth of Mexico's roughly $1.3 trillion economy.
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But the Dakota Indians number 40,000 in all, or about one-sixth of all the Indians in the country.
The American Missionary — Volume 43, No. 12, December, 1889
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Valemus is about one-sixth the size and lacks a large mine-contracting business, which is one of the most valuable parts of Leighton's portfolio.
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The central bank seized DSB on Oct. 12 after about one-sixth of the bank's deposits were withdrawn and it faced a liquidity crunch.
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Being only about one-eightieth part of the bulk of the earth, the force of gravity on the moon's surface is only about one-sixth.
James Nasmyth, Engineer: An Autobiography