Synonyms for one-third
one-third

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1. one-third, third, tiercenoun

   one of three equal parts of a divisible whole

   "it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement"

   Synonyms:
   third, trey, trio, troika, ternary, terzetto, tierce, trinity, triplet, deuce-ace, threesome, trine, third base, ternion, leash, three, tercet, triad, terce, third gear

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1. List of paraphrases for "one-third":

   onethird, third, thirds

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1. Kevin Paffrath:

   One-third of our California restaurants went bankrupt under lockdowns, he misstated our surplus, lied about ending the high speed rail, and is finally recognizing that this is a Californian recall, not a Republican recall.

2. Bastian Betthäuser:

   Schoolchildren’s learning progress slowed down substantially during the pandemic. So on average, children lost out on about one-third of what they would have usually learned in a normal school year, and these learning deficits arose quite early in the pandemic, children still have not recovered the learning that they lost out on at the start of the pandemic.

3. Robert Gabbay:

   I can tell you from seeing patients Robert Gabbay that there are many who ca n’t afford their insulin and don’t take it or take less of it and they’re worse off for it, here is the treatment that almost one-third of people with diabetes are on and its increased in price to this degree, that’s quite concerning.

4. Muriel Bowser:

   The federal government represents one quarter of DC’s pre-pandemic jobs and owns or leases one third of DC’s office space, we need decisive action by the White House to either get most federal workers back to the office most of the time or to realign their vast property holdings for use by the local government, by non-profits, by businesses and by any user willing to revitalize it.

5. Leslie Barson:

   Housing is just seen as a way of making money and it is driving people out, people can't afford enormous rents so they fall into housing benefit (welfare) and our tax money goes to subsidizing private landlords. We say rent should be no more than one-third of average earnings for the area.