proportional
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Europe’s proportional politics being what they are, this makes the party the top vote-getter by roughly 7 percentage points and puts leader Elif Eralp in position to form the municipal administration.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
His custom-built cutlery bins, meanwhile, are exactly proportional to the length of his spoons and knives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Denmark had 40 such seats available in 2022, but that number was no longer sufficient to produce a fully proportional result.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 2, 2026
It said the change in approach would extend "the Navy's reach, resilience and firepower without a proportional increase in crew or cost".
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
Moreover, their speed and distance were neatly proportional: the further away the galaxy, the faster it was moving.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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