proportionate
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I think you should split them proportionate to your respective incomes.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
The judge found that the duty governor "clearly took account of this incorrect information" when assessing the risks and considering whether the decision was proportionate.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
Marshall said people in the area would be happy to house asylum seekers but the numbers should be proportionate to the village’s population.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Norwich City Council said it was continuing to explore a "range of humane and proportionate long-term measures to manage the pigeon population".
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 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
The rest consisted of all leading French types, proportionated more or less to the productive capacity of these firms.
From Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1913 by Various
The vulgar of every country possess it in certain degrees, proportionated to their opportunities of conversation with the more enlightened.
From The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem by Luís de Camões
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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