Examples of 'almost a third' in a sentence

Meaning of "almost a third"

almost a third - This phrase is used to indicate that a quantity is close to one third of the total. It suggests that there is a significant portion that is slightly less than a complete one-third

How to use "almost a third" in a sentence

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almost a third
Almost a third of them lost their lives.
Government bonds make up almost a third of this item.
Almost a third of his oil paintings are seascapes.
Brazil alone received almost a third of the total.
Almost a third of the gunshot victims were teenagers.
She finished ahead of almost a third of the men.
Almost a third of the farm already swept.
I have been here almost a third of my life.
Almost a third felt it was much worse.
Barceloneta beach loses almost a third of its sand.
Almost a third of experiments were on genetically modified animals.
This places them at almost a third of what is needed.
Almost a third of shareholders supported this resolution.
They make up almost a third of my students.
Almost a third have recurrent ear infections.

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Production has fallen by almost a third.
It represents almost a third of social policy budgets.
Insulin had been used by almost a third.
Almost a third of that total lived alone.
In this space was contained almost a third of the city.
Almost a third of the energy of the islands.
Education expenses make up almost a third of the city budget.
Almost a third of mobile searches are related to location.
We have saved almost a third.
Almost a third of the population of working age are unemployed.
Venezuela suffers under a shortage of almost a third of its commodities.
You lost almost a third of your blood volume.
Guimarães won this poll with almost a third of the votes.
Almost a third of them did not survive their imprisonment.
Tuition fees now account for almost a third of operating revenues.
Almost a third as long as the country has been around.
Exports contributed to almost a third of economic growth since the recession.
Almost a third of it concerned missing persons.
Medical devices sector represents almost a third of the value of exports.
Almost a third of leptosporangiate fern species are epiphytes.
Children were recruited by armed gangs in almost a third of the surveyed zones.
Almost a third is for public safety.
This cultural change is behind almost a third of the decrease in infant mortality.
Almost a third of workers pay no income tax at all.
The player accounted for almost a third of sales in the last quarter.
Almost a third of them involved alcohol.
We had huge deficits and almost a third of the staff was laid off.
Almost a third of their men are dead or wounded.
But they account for almost a third of all outstanding student debt.
Almost a third of the district is made up of pedestrian streets.
Nursing and residential care facilities employ almost a third of recreational therapists.
We spend almost a third of our lives doing it.
Acne affects nearly half of adult women and almost a third of adult men.
Almost a third of defendants are unemployed before their arrest.
Liquid hydrogen provides almost a third as much energy per unit volume as gasoline.

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