as in proportional
corresponding in size, amount, extent, or degree
expect financial returns proportionate to your efforts
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Recent Examples of proportionate
The deliberate use of lethal force is permissible only when strictly unavoidable to protect life, the organization said, and any use of force must be necessary and proportionate.
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2026
And while winter watching has weathered a proportionate decline, bragging rights for prime usage continues to ping pong back and forth between January and February.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 16 Feb. 2026
The Sole Arbitrator is bound by such proportionate rules and has no means to override them.
—Alexander Smith, NBC news, 13 Feb. 2026
Microsoft saw a decrease in its proportionate ownership of OpenAI, yielding a dilution gain.
—Jordan Novet, CNBC, 28 Jan. 2026
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2026
And while winter watching has weathered a proportionate decline, bragging rights for prime usage continues to ping pong back and forth between January and February.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 16 Feb. 2026
The Sole Arbitrator is bound by such proportionate rules and has no means to override them.
—Alexander Smith, NBC news, 13 Feb. 2026
Microsoft saw a decrease in its proportionate ownership of OpenAI, yielding a dilution gain.
—Jordan Novet, CNBC, 28 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for proportionate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for proportionate
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The team evaluated the size of the ancient octopuses using allometric calculation—a method that used the proportional growth rates of modern, long-bodied finned octopuses to extrapolate the size of their extinct relatives.—
Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
24 Apr. 2026
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With the revision, unskilled workers in Noida will now earn approximately $147 per month, while semi-skilled and skilled workers will also see proportional increases.—
Mayu Saini,
Footwear News,
17 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Beds, however, are American-sized, with a commensurate number of pillows.—
Rebecca Rose,
Travel + Leisure,
24 Apr. 2026
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One of those ethical hackers and researchers, Jamieson O’Reilly, told NBC News that the rise of AI coding agents threatened to create security vulnerabilities by giving coding novices significant public exposure without commensurate security expertise.—
Jared Perlo,
NBC news,
7 Apr. 2026
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In comparable territory, The Outsiders keeps things earnest, and even Stranger Things, for all its loopiness, plays its baby-monster antihero story tragic and straight.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
27 Apr. 2026
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The legislation also includes the implementation of a public online database displaying information on DCF’s performance comparable to federal standards and additional mandatory training for DCF employees.—
Livi Stanford,
Hartford Courant,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Proportionate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proportionate. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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