as in proportionate
corresponding in size, amount, extent, or degree
the Web site's popularity increased exponentially, resulting in a proportional increase in advertising revenue
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Recent Examples of proportional
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, considered to be center-left, suggested a proportional formula that would calculate Social Security benefits based on income earned from jobs that paid into Social Security and not accelerate insolvency.
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Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 20 Nov. 2024
The Gaza Health Ministry puts the death toll at over 43,000, which is roughly two percent of the territory’s population (a proportional figure in the United States would be over six million).
—John Spencer, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
This force pushing on the balloon is proportional to the cross-sectional area.
—Rhett Allain, WIRED, 27 Nov. 2024
The decrease in cost is not proportional to the decrease in revenue due to an increase in processing fees.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 20 Nov. 2024
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Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 20 Nov. 2024
The Gaza Health Ministry puts the death toll at over 43,000, which is roughly two percent of the territory’s population (a proportional figure in the United States would be over six million).
—John Spencer, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
This force pushing on the balloon is proportional to the cross-sectional area.
—Rhett Allain, WIRED, 27 Nov. 2024
The decrease in cost is not proportional to the decrease in revenue due to an increase in processing fees.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 20 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for proportional
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Paying For Value, Not For Hours Unlike most agencies that rely on annual retainers and hourly billing—often inflating costs without necessarily delivering proportionate value—modern boutiques are breaking the mold.Flavio Vidigal, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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Democrats have traditionally demanded that increases in defense spending be matched by proportionate increases in nondefense social spending.Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 3 Dec. 2024
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Regardless of geography, today’s volunteer force is not commensurate with the current and ever-growing state of need.Dale Bannon, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
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The judge said that in his point of view the sentence was commensurate with the offense.Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 1 Nov. 2024
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The red-and-gold are in the middle of three football games in 11 days, a feat that might be comparable to the singer doing six shows in seven days in Los Angeles in August 2023.Bryan West, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
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Ares is an e-moto that's comparable to a 700cc to 900cc gas bike.New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Dec. 2024
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Patient demand increases should inspire us to rethink traditional staffing models and apply a balanced approach to accepting change in healthcare delivery.Corey Scurlock, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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Ohio State's balanced attack and suffocating defense left little doubt about the outcome, as the Volunteers struggled to keep pace.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
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“Proportional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proportional. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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