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• His earnings are directly proportional to the number of units he sells.
• The screen size is directly proportional to the phone's size.
  — Dave Leclair, PCMAG, 12 May 2023
• The output of the NFL rumor mill is directly proportional to the proximity of the draft.
  — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2021
• Ohm was able to prove that a current moving through a conductor from Point A to Point B is directly proportional to the voltage.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 29 Oct. 2019
• As always, the battery capacity of the EV in question—in this case, 80.5 kilowatt-hours—is directly proportional to the length of time the car stays warm.
  — John Voelcker, Car and Driver, 1 Feb. 2023
• The level of misery on I-4 — known in normal times for miles-long back-ups — seems directly proportional to the amount of commerce, tourism and faith among locals that going out is safe.
  — Adelaide Chen, orlandosentinel.com, 28 Aug. 2020
• After all, your ability to change the world around you is directly proportional to your willingness to change the world within you.
  — Dr Margie Warrell, Forbes, 7 July 2021
• Henry’s Law states that the levels of gas dissolved in a liquid is always directly proportional to the pressure of that gas in the atmosphere above.
  — Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
• However, this episode of Window Shop proves boring cars are directly proportional to the chances of a crossfire gabfest.
  — Jonathon Ramsey, Car and Driver, 11 Nov. 2022
• Paulson said the number of home inspections is directly proportional to the number of home sales.
  — Bob Dohr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 June 2018
• Maybe, our hopes for the future are directly proportional to our current sense of exhaustion.
  — Michelle Santiago Cortés, refinery29.com, 3 Sep. 2021
• Maybe, our hopes for the future are directly proportional to our current sense of despair or exhaustion.
  — Michelle Santiago Cortés, refinery29.com, 23 Aug. 2021
• If expertise was directly proportional to vote-getting power, Ng would have won the March 3 primary in a walk.
  — Gilbert Garcia, ExpressNews.com, 17 June 2020
• There is also indirect carbon pricing, which means changes in the price of carbon come from sources not directly proportional to emissions.
  — Russell Nichols, Time, 25 Oct. 2022
• Because the benefit is directly proportional to the size of the investment gains, the program tends to discourage projects that won’t generate a large profit.
  — David Calvert, ProPublica, 12 Nov. 2021
• Cup size and band size aren't always directly proportional.
  — Mallory Creveling, Women's Health, 27 Mar. 2023
• Gus’ happiness is directly proportional to the time spent playing Minecraft.
  — Steve Brykman, Ars Technica, 16 Dec. 2018
• The sparkliness of her outfits is directly proportional to her frustration, too.
  — Rebecca Farley, refinery29.com, 26 June 2018
• Almost every recruit has a plan, though the length and width of this vision is almost always directly proportional to talent and recruiting hype.
  — Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 10 July 2020
• Jensen and Christensen’s equation, in contrast, predicted that the two should be directly proportional.
  — Scott Hershberger, Scientific American, 6 July 2020
• My formula for great art was: the quantity of elaborate highlights and drop shadows per square inch is directly proportional to the quality of a painting.
  — Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2019
• If space expanded at a constant rate, a supernova’s redshift would be directly proportional to its distance, and thus to its brightness.
  — Quanta Magazine, 17 Dec. 2019
• How fast the friction force generates heat is directly proportional to how fast the firemaker bows, on average, and is independent of the diameter of the spindle.
  — Bradley Duncan, Discover Magazine, 25 Dec. 2023
• Capitalize on the story of your brand: Many creators mistakenly assume that their sales will be directly proportional to the number of likes or followers.
  — Tomer Hen, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2022
• Unsurprisingly, the cost of your wedding seems to be directly proportional to your venue’s proximity to Lake Pichola.
  — Praachi Raniwala, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Feb. 2023
• Your Tok’s ability to achieve escape velocity is directly proportional to your distance from your true self.
  — WIRED, 16 Nov. 2022
• Scaling your team is directly proportional to getting the right people in regularly.
  — Mayank Mishra, Forbes, 10 June 2021
• Because the frequency is changing at a constant rate, there's a frequency difference between the two beams that's directly proportional to the distance that the returning beam traveled before bouncing back.
  — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 2 Oct. 2018
• Based on a bit of background research and a dash of reasoning, Vincent hypothesized that cookie chewiness would be directly proportional to the temperature of the butter (hotter butter = chewier cookie).
  — Liz Roth-Johnson, Discover Magazine, 17 June 2014
• Oxygen consumption is directly proportional to the number of cases.
  — Niharika Sharma, Quartz, 11 May 2021

Last Updated: 26 Dec 2024