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proportion

noun as in balance between parts of whole

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In fact, America’s rich are responsible for an enormous proportion of the global emissions causing climate change, even as per capita emissions are rising in many other countries.

From Salon

Marking her 100 days in the job in a BBC Radio 5 Live phone-in, Eluned Morgan said initial calculations showed there were a "tiny proportion" of farms affected, but said how many was still being figured out.

From BBC

However, the proportion of goals scored from set-pieces continues to trend downwards.

From BBC

It also said that a recent customer experience survey by Ofgem “found no statistically significant differences” in the proportion of customers reporting that their meter was not sending readings to their suppliers for areas in, or predominantly in, the north.

From BBC

But by the time Keir Starmer became prime minister in July this year, the proportion of people in England living in social housing had fallen to about 16% of the population – about four million.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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