In a sentence
Six example sentences with portion, each labelled with its topic.
Only a small portion of the dough goes into each roll, and the rest rests in the cooler until morning.
Cooking
A large portion of the fund sits in short-term bonds, while the remainder is spread across twelve overseas markets.
Finance
Only the northern portion of the wetland floods each spring; the rest stays dry enough for the nesting cranes.
Environment
The will leaves the larger portion of the estate to the school, and the two nephews divide what remains.
Law
A growing portion of the store's sales now comes from online orders, though the shop floor still employs most of the staff.
Business
Rent swallows a larger portion of income in the capital than anywhere else in the country, nearly half for many tenants.
Economics
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