proportions

Example Sentences

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Analysts doubt hantavirus will reach Covid-19 proportions or generate significant revenue.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

All of these are served in ample proportions in this richly funny if schematic comedy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

“We will tweak the proportions of sections. Some might be bigger, some might be smaller, especially after we open, and kind of see what people are responding to in the neighborhood,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

As the animal grew from dog sized to horse sized to giraffe sized and eventually to enormous proportions, its place in the ecosystem shifted at each stage.

From Science Daily • Feb. 27, 2026

Its proportions flowed from bunched and menacing to lithe and graceful.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor