proportional
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The researchers concluded that prenatal exposure to CPF appears to cause persistent disturbances in brain development that are proportional to the amount of exposure a child received before birth.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2026
Both the Scottish Parliament and the Senedd in Wales use systems of proportional representation.
From BBC • May 9, 2026
Yet the party performed far better on regional lists - where parties that do not fare as well in constituencies can make gains thanks to a more proportional voting system.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
Her face looked slimmer, younger and more proportional.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
It says that the squares of the periods of any two planets are proportional to the cubes of their distances from the Sun.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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