proportionate
Example Sentences
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She believes the fishing industry is now heavily regulated and that management measures need to be "proportionate".
From BBC • Jun. 22, 2026
The new powers are due to take effect later this year alongside guidance on how the rules can be enforced in a "proportionate" way.
From BBC • Jun. 15, 2026
But can we at least be proportionate and, unlike much of what he and his colleagues have been for so long, objective for a moment?
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
Lady Justice May told the court they found the trial judge's approach to have been proportionate given the number of victims.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
I’m struck, suddenly, by how handsome he is—all his features are proportionate, his eyes dark and lively, his skin bronze-brown.
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
Vocabulary lists containing proportionate
The Crucible
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Henry David Thoreau "Civil Disobedience" (1849)
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Vocabulary from "John L. O'Sullivan on 'Manifest Destiny' " from 1839
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