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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a quarter less" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a quantity that is reduced by one-fourth of its original amount.
Example: "The price of the item is now a quarter less than it was last week."
Alternatives: "one-fourth less" or "25% less".
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The Civic Hybrid produces 109g/km of CO2 compared to 150g/km for the regular Civic – over a quarter less.
It looked almost exactly like G.M.'s car but retailed for a quarter less: about six thousand dollars.
Private-label goods tend to cost about a quarter less than branded ones, and so appeal to penny-pinching consumers.
The firm admitted on September 29th that its third-quarter earnings may be roughly a quarter less than previously predicted.
However, those who sleep between seven to eight hours a night were a quarter less likely to have a stroke.
But the average German car uses about a quarter less gas per mile than the average American car.
Second, fossil-fuel sources are — and have been for at least some decades — almost twice as big as previous estimates, whereas microbial sources are about a quarter less.
While that's a 37 percent premium on Wednesday's closing price, it's a quarter less than ICE offered in its joint bid with Nasdaq OMX last year.
The size of the government as a share of the economy is a quarter less than it is in France, and is well below the European average.
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The actual world record is 29' 4¼"—a quarter-inch less.
The Constellation was still close under the enemy's weather quarter, less than a half pistol-shot away.
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