proportion
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The high proportion of men was attributed to the March 16 strikes on a Kabul drug treatment hospital which admitted only male patients.
From Barron's • May 12, 2026
So, applying the same proportion, our income taxes collectively and directly paid for $540 billion of defense spending, which is 20 percent of our total tax revenue.
From Slate • May 11, 2026
While they may not have lost as big a proportion of their seats as they did in the rest of England and Wales, these results in the capital cannot be glossed over.
From BBC • May 9, 2026
The last time a budget increase of this proportion was approved was in 1952 during the Korean War.
From Salon • May 8, 2026
“As they received more information,” Oskamp concluded, “their certainty about their own decisions became entirely out of proportion to the actual correctness of those decisions.”
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
Vocabulary lists containing proportion
"Fears and Phobias," Vocabulary from the article
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On Your Mark, Get Set, Commence Your Life!
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The Articles of Confederation (1777)
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