as in proportionate
corresponding in size, amount, extent, or degree
the Web site's popularity increased exponentially, resulting in a proportional increase in advertising revenue
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Recent Examples of proportional
Once deployed, agentic AI agents can manage exponential workloads without proportional increases in headcount.
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Steve Durbin, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Unlike the original Swyft, the Apple II SwyftCard does not use the bitmap display and appears strictly in 80-column non-proportional text.
—Cameron Kaiser, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
Other accomplices receive sentences proportional to their involvement.
—Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
The moral panic around trans people is rarely proportional to the amount of material resources they are given.
—Grace Byron, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
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Steve Durbin, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Unlike the original Swyft, the Apple II SwyftCard does not use the bitmap display and appears strictly in 80-column non-proportional text.
—Cameron Kaiser, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
Other accomplices receive sentences proportional to their involvement.
—Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
The moral panic around trans people is rarely proportional to the amount of material resources they are given.
—Grace Byron, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for proportional
Adjective
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As with all character dimensions, the challenge is that any of the five virtuous character behaviors (being fair, equitable, proportionate, even-handed, and socially responsible) can manifest as deficient or excess vices.—
Mary Crossan,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Compared to other economic development projects of proportionate scale, data centers tend to employ fewer permanent employees.—
Connor Giffin,
The Courier-Journal,
30 July 2025
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Netflix had offered the best of both worlds—access to a nation-wide streaming audience, plus a level of theatrical play commensurate with what the movie would have received from a traditional art-house distributor anyway.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
27 Sep. 2025
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OpenAI’s Sam Altman sees an AI bubble forming as industry spending surges without commensurate gains in performance.—
John M. Bremen,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Below deck, the power plant can crank out 198 kWe for sensors and weapon systems – that's twice the payload space and electrical power of a comparable autonomous vessel.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
28 Sep. 2025
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These simulations suggest that methane could be released at a rate of a few hundred kilograms per second, making the level of activity comparable to the water plumes on Saturn's ocean moon Enceladus.—
Andrew Jones,
Space.com,
28 Sep. 2025
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At the same time, nutrient-rich botanicals like sacha inchi and morete oil deeply hydrate hair follicles, leaving strands feeling nourished, balanced, and revitalized.—
Jenny Berg,
Vogue,
24 Sep. 2025
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There are ways that the Red Wings can configure a balanced attack, but that still leaves question marks throughout the top nine.—
The Athletic NHL,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Proportional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proportional. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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