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The phrase "a third smaller" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used to describe a reduction in size or quantity, indicating that something is one-third less than its original size. Example: "The new model is a third smaller than the previous version, making it easier to store."
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In the same period Poland's trade deficit shrank to $10.3 billion—a third smaller than it was a year ago.
The forging of a unified front would pose new problems for the I.R.S., whose enforcement staff is about a third smaller than it was a decade ago.
There is also a third, smaller segment, harder to classify.
A third, smaller bomb exploded outside the American Consulate in Denpasar but caused no injuries.
But Providencia – which sits alongside San Andrés and is a third smaller – is something else.
The new force could be as much as a third smaller.
(It also included a third, smaller party called Democrats 66, and, as many commentators pointed out, the colors of the three groups combined actually made brown).
The DC24 All Floors ($399.99) is a third smaller than its full-size Dyson equivalent and weighs five pounds less, but has the same power and suction.
Apart from surveying and conservation, there is actually a third, smaller element to the land management mix in the UK: agriculture.
A third, smaller and more discreet (but reasonably friendly) restaurant is Giorgio Baldi, on winding West Channel Road near Pacific Coast Highway in Santa Monica.
Now, though, a new Westfield centre called The Broadway – which is around a third smaller than the original design – is finally about to open.
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