proportionality

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The European Commission will check the aid’s proportionality and its effect on competition, fearing it may reinforce EDF’s market power.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

A second principle that limits when deadly force can legally be used is proportionality: Shooting someone is only justified when it is a proportional response to the perceived threat.

From Slate • Mar. 27, 2026

But where “The Monkey’s” snide sense of humor about its kills quickly grew smug, this time Perkins’ light touch — even during the most frightening moments — gives this slight film just the right proportionality.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2025

Our study drew on moral foundations theory, which proposes that people’s sense of right and wrong is built on six core values – care, equality, proportionality, loyalty, authority and purity.

From Salon • Oct. 25, 2025

To appreciate the power of epidemics, we have to abandon this expectation about proportionality.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell