Sentence examples for about a third less from inspiring English sources

The phrase "about a third less" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when comparing quantities or amounts, indicating a reduction of approximately one-third.
Example: "The new model is about a third less expensive than the previous version."
Alternatives: "approximately one-third lower" or "roughly a third reduced".

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The study involved just 221 men and claimed that those who had their phone on standby throughout the day had about a third less sperm than men who did not.

This program is jointly funded by NIH and NSF in the region of only $15 million per year, to which NIH makes a contribution of about a third (less than 0.1% of the Allergy and Infectious Disease division funding at NIH).

And the prices are about a third less than last year's, hovering around $7 a gram.

This costs about a third less than desalination, and cuts pollution.

And a coffee at Tim Hortons costs about a third less than at Starbucks.

In 2012, Germans drank 107.2 litres a head – about a third less than in 1976.

That is still about a third less than peak prices in 1991.

He estimates that his fees are about a third less than the big four firms.

It adds up to about a third less than what students would pay at Branksome Hall in Toronto.

The city's average altitude is twelve thousand feet above sea level, which means about a third less oxygen per breath.

The Ouija system would better that at 61% and "about a third less in cost" than the Powerwall, Livingston said.

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