in proportion to
idiom
1
: related in size, number, or amount to (something else)
Your share of the profits will be in proportion to the amount of work that you do.
2
: having the correct or appropriate relationship in size, shape, or position to (some other part of the same thing)
The garage is not in proportion to the house.
3
: when compared to the size, shape, or position of (some other part of the same thing)
His head is large in proportion to his body.
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Share [Findings] The U.S. municipal bond market penalizes communities in proportion to the percentage of their population that is black but generally ignores their vulnerability to climate change.
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Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 19 June 2024
The capacitance varies with the change in the facing area, which changes substantially in proportion to the depth of depression of the button.
—Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 27 Mar. 2024
Trump could also seek to use U.S. aid for Ukraine as leverage over Europe, to be given or taken away in proportion to what Europe can give to the United States.
—Liana Fix, Foreign Affairs, 22 Mar. 2024
Indeed, Merrill and Sabharwal proved that chain of thought only really begins to help when the number of intermediate steps grows in proportion to the size of the input, and many problems require the number of intermediate steps to grow much larger still.
—Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 21 Mar. 2024
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Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 19 June 2024
The capacitance varies with the change in the facing area, which changes substantially in proportion to the depth of depression of the button.
—Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 27 Mar. 2024
Trump could also seek to use U.S. aid for Ukraine as leverage over Europe, to be given or taken away in proportion to what Europe can give to the United States.
—Liana Fix, Foreign Affairs, 22 Mar. 2024
Indeed, Merrill and Sabharwal proved that chain of thought only really begins to help when the number of intermediate steps grows in proportion to the size of the input, and many problems require the number of intermediate steps to grow much larger still.
—Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 21 Mar. 2024
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