proportional
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This particular form of instability—in which electoral outcomes haven’t caught up with voters’ frustrations—has long plagued polities on the Continent, where proportional voting systems accelerate the fracturing of authority in parliaments.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
This result directly contradicts the Wiedemann-Franz law, a well-established principle that states heat and electrical conduction in metals should be proportional.
From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026
Last week, Yadav was sworn into parliament as one of the RSP's lawmakers on its proportional representation list.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
This includes Massachusetts, where courts consider factors such as the characteristics of any weapon used when evaluating whether a self-defense shooting was proportional.
From Slate • Mar. 27, 2026
This states that the body will accelerate, or change its speed, at a rate that is proportional to the force.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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