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
If the baby had a proportional, standard body, the mother won a point.
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Laura Vazquez, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Once deployed, agentic AI agents can manage exponential workloads without proportional increases in headcount.
—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
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Laura Vazquez, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Once deployed, agentic AI agents can manage exponential workloads without proportional increases in headcount.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for proportional
Adjective
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Is the design proportionate, age-appropriate, and mindful of future hair loss?—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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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
Adjective
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So why haven’t firms taken action commensurate with the scale of the problem?—
Justin Worland,
Time,
3 Oct. 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
Adjective
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The notional $1,000- $2,000 tariff-revenue checks may be comparable in dollar amount to Biden’s stimulus checks, but Covid dollars and today’s dollars are much different due to the high inflation that’s occurred in recent years, outpacing wage growth.—
Nino Paoli,
Fortune,
12 Oct. 2025
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By carefully analyzing the subtle interactions of these signals, the technology can generate a highly detailed and accurate representation of a person’s presence, posture, and movement that is comparable to a camera snapshot, but constructed entirely from radio waves.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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These unique skills are essential for the one requirement that the commission must do — pass a balanced budget.—
Miami Herald Staff,
Miami Herald,
8 Oct. 2025
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Use a balanced, low-nitrogen fertilizer every month to promote tuber growth instead of leaf growth.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Proportional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proportional. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
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