proportional

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Then there’s Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey’s proposal, which would let a married couple deduct the first $75,000 of income, with a proportional cut for individuals.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 12, 2026

"According to our plan, it will take at least a week to count the proportional votes, after which the election will go through the official process," he added.

From Barron's • Mar. 7, 2026

That means states have no mandate to review whether death sentences are proportional.

From Slate • Mar. 6, 2026

The other 110 MPs will be selected via proportional representation, which takes into account the proportion of votes cast for a political party nationally.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

So it predicted that the red shift of a galaxy should be directly proportional to its distance from us, exactly as Hubble found.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking