proportionate
Example Sentences
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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
And as a new fund investor you will be allocated a proportionate share of the existing SpaceX holdings, which merely dilutes existing fund investors’ stakes in SpaceX.
From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026
As the case dragged on and the flak kept coming, Police Scotland's then chief constable Sir Iain Livingstone said their "diligent, thorough and proportionate" criminal inquiry was looking at potential embezzlement.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
Stung by the criticism, Police Scotland said their actions had been "proportionate and necessary".
From BBC • May 25, 2026
“They hold vast portions of the nation’s wealth and pay a proportionate share of the taxes.”
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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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