proportional
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Agree on a plan for splitting costs, such as a 50/50 split or one that’s proportional to income, to ensure no one feels stretched or resentful.
From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026
The due diligence World Liberty conducted was proportional with the nature of its arrangement with AB and didn’t identify any sanctioned individuals, the lawyer said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 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
He also noted, though, from Kepler’s laws, that the ‘endeavours of receding from the Sun’ of the planets in their orbits were inversely proportional to the squares of their distances from the Sun.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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