more proportionate
Example Sentences
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According to Matthias Schmidt of Schmidt Automotive Research, this would be a rather more proportionate response than the US move.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2024
He said he would keep a promise to reduce the U.K.’s emissions of climate-warming greenhouse gases to net zero by 2050, but “in a better, more proportionate way.”
From Seattle Times • Sep. 20, 2023
The group said that it supported the shift to a more proportionate tax system related to the strength of drinks, but it argued that the duty rates were still set too low.
From New York Times • Aug. 1, 2023
Griffith said Britain has a "clear vision" of ambitious practioner-led reforms to make the country's regulation more proportionate, simpler, modern and based on high standards.
From Reuters • Mar. 9, 2023
That is, mayst thou have sense and seriousness more proportionate to thy beard, the length of which suits ill with such idle catches of wit.
From Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies by Johnson, Samuel