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The study indicates that the unemployment rate and inflation are inversely proportional.
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Each electron wave has a momentum that is inversely proportional to its wavelength and a kinetic energy proportional to the square of its momentum.
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Douglas Natelson, Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2024
Her singular dedication to playing Kitty to her fullest extent, bottle smashing and all, is inversely proportional to how much range there is to play.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2024
Your chances of having such an effect are inversely proportional to how much the issue matters at that moment.
—Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2024
To be sure, the theory of lipstick sales and economic health being inversely proportional can be hard to break down in the broader beauty category.
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 5 Mar. 2024
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Douglas Natelson, Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2024
Her singular dedication to playing Kitty to her fullest extent, bottle smashing and all, is inversely proportional to how much range there is to play.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2024
Your chances of having such an effect are inversely proportional to how much the issue matters at that moment.
—Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2024
To be sure, the theory of lipstick sales and economic health being inversely proportional can be hard to break down in the broader beauty category.
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 5 Mar. 2024
See all Example Sentences for inversely proportional
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“Inversely proportional.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inversely%20proportional. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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