disproportionate
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"A relatively small number of companies have driven a disproportionate share of returns in recent years," wrote Angelina Lai at St. James's Place Asia and Middle East.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
This is all to say: A disproportionate amount of the public discourse around Nolan’s film has focused, predictably, on race and gender.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
Bank executives have pushed back on the idea of disproportionate financial stress among lower-income Americans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Thus, companies like Havana Docks could seek monetary judgments over and over again, potentially raising due process concerns about disproportionate payouts.
From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2026
Shuttled from one specialist to the next, the girl had been prescribed to shun garlic, consume disproportionate quantities of bitters, meditate, drink green coconut water, and swallow raw duck’s eggs beaten in milk.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
Vocabulary lists containing disproportionate
Power Prefix: dis-
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President Trump's Second State of the Union Address (2019)
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President Trump's First Address to the United Nations General Assembly (2017)
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