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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Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
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—Liana Fix, Foreign Affairs, 23 Mar. 2022
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Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
Survey-takers then chose randomly from among those subgroups in proportion to the population as a whole.
—Camille Mumford, The Conversation, 22 Oct. 2024
The series of insights began in 1972, when Hawking showed (opens a new tab) that a black hole’s size — specifically its spherical surface area — always increases in proportion to the mass of whatever falls into it.
—Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
Washington and its European allies should use and expand this leverage in proportion to Russia’s continuing violations of Ukrainian sovereignty.
—Liana Fix, Foreign Affairs, 23 Mar. 2022
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“In proportion to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20proportion%20to. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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