Surprisingly, he did his last job in one-third the time it would take me.
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One-third
Synonyms for "one-third" (3 found)
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7 translations across 6 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- մեկ երրորդ noun (Translations)
Basque
1 entries- herena noun (Translations)
Finnish
2 entries- kolmannes noun (Translations)
- kolmasosa noun (Translations)
Portuguese
1 entries- um terço noun (Translations)
Spanish
1 entries- un tercio noun (Translations)
Swahili
1 entries- theluthi noun (Translations)
Sample sentences
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If you go by bus, you can get there in about one-third of the time.
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The circulation of the newspaper is only one-third that of its competitor.
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The population of Spain is about one-third as large as that of Japan.
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