proportionate
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“I reasoned that the intensity of his anger at me, anger that could make him spit and throw things, was proportionate to the intensity of our creative connection,” Dunham wrote in the book.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
But the Ministry of Housing said in a statement it would speed up the process of removing cladding, providing a more proportionate, clear and consistent approach to a complex issue.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
He added he wants everybody to find "a place that they can, with dignity, walk away from the current situation", and said the policing response will remain "proportionate".
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
I think you should split them proportionate to your respective incomes.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 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 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
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
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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