proportional
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The researchers concluded that prenatal exposure to CPF appears to cause persistent disturbances in brain development that are proportional to the amount of exposure a child received before birth.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2026
In 2022, Labour members at the party's annual conference voted in favour of a commitment to introduce proportional representation for general elections.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
She told BBC London Politics: "We've won 100% of the seats but we do still support proportional representation and we want to make sure that every vote counts."
From BBC • May 17, 2026
Reaffirming the act’s antidiscrimination mission while clarifying that courts can’t mandate proportional outcomes needn’t be viewed as a partisan ask.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 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
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