proportion
Example Sentences
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It commits a higher proportion of GDP to defense than any other EU member, and maintains the bloc’s largest standing army.
"The increase is perhaps more in fat proportion. Therefore, if one feature best summarizes this profile, I think, it would be an elevated weight-to-muscle ratio, especially in male individuals."
From Science Daily
Officers are trained to not stand in front of or reach into moving vehicles, to never pull their firearms unless it is absolutely necessary, and to use force only in proportion to a corresponding threat.
From Los Angeles Times
Weight cycling—gaining and losing weight repeatedly—may negatively affect the proportion of fat to muscle, doctors say.
It said consumers would take the "from £5.99" claim to mean that large cabin bags would be available for that price "across a significant proportion of flight routes and dates".
From BBC
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