more proportional
Example Sentences
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The Scottish Parliament has a more proportional electoral system than the U.K.
From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2024
Supporters of the legislation argue that the changes will more clearly define crimes and offer more proportional penalties for offenders.
From Washington Times • Jan. 4, 2023
But at this particular moment—as the economy collapsed and countries across the world declare states of emergency—opera’s once-outsized emotionality feels suddenly a little more proportional, fitting for the intensity of these troubled times.
From Slate • Mar. 18, 2020
Risch’s prediction: “There’s going to be something more proportional, obviously, and I suspect it’s going to be not kinetic action.”
From Seattle Times • Jun. 21, 2019
We remember some old philosopher who once complained that a flea had a good deal more proportional force than, from his size, he was entitled to.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 by Various
