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proportion

[pruh-pawr-shuhn, -pohr-] / prəˈpɔr ʃən, -ˈpoʊr- /




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And an artificial-intelligence arms race has triggered a capital-spending boom of epic proportions, propelling growth, minting millionaires—and leaving the U.S. stock market even more top-heavy than before.

From The Wall Street Journal

By analyzing only 40 candidate compositions, the machine learning system identified an alloy design with a much higher proportion of small precipitates than previous attempts.

From Science Daily

Britain built a vast network of wind and solar farms and generates a higher proportion of its power from renewables than most places in the world.

From The Wall Street Journal

He said the agreement drafted by the agency used the surrogate’s body for a “profit venturing business” and that the risks Trent-Wilson took were out of proportion to those taken by the agency.

From The Wall Street Journal

That fear has been blown out of proportion.

From Barron's