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Discover LudwigThe phrase "about a seventh of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when estimating or approximating a fraction of a whole, particularly in contexts involving measurements, statistics, or comparisons.
Example: "The survey indicated that about a seventh of the participants preferred option A over option B."
Alternatives: "approximately one-seventh of" or "roughly a seventh of".
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That represented about a seventh of the amount she typically sells in an entire year.
Apple's retail locations now account for about a seventh of its annual sales, Ms. Rauckhorst said.
Twenty-five yeago ago, the slice taken by financial firms was about a seventh of the whole.
Two-thirds of the British and about a seventh of the Indians never saw their homes again.
"So we established a private practice consortium between the seven surgeons at our hospital whereby everybody does about a seventh of the work and gets about a seventh of the money".
Each day about a seventh of the city's rubbish glides past that landfill by barge to be dumped into two large pits at an incinerator next door.
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About a sixth of the population never returned.
Collectively, they account for about a sixth of global trade.
Guns and ammunition occupied about an eighth of the store.
Showers and restrooms about an eighth of a mile north.
About a third of them cost between $250 and $1,000.
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