as in proportional
corresponding in size, amount, extent, or degree
expect financial returns proportionate to your efforts
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Recent Examples of proportionate
Lightning sales have also never been proportionate to the hype Ford gave the truck, with the brand selling 33,510 in 2024, just a fraction of the 834,641 F-Series trucks Ford sold in total.
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Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 7 Nov. 2025
Is the design proportionate, age-appropriate, and mindful of future hair loss?
—Nia Bowers, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
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
Consider these insights to design a space that feels perfectly proportionate and functional.
—Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Aug. 2025
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Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 7 Nov. 2025
Is the design proportionate, age-appropriate, and mindful of future hair loss?
—Nia Bowers, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
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
Consider these insights to design a space that feels perfectly proportionate and functional.
—Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for proportionate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for proportionate
Adjective
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So our response will be unflinching, united and proportional.—
Haley Ott,
CBS News,
20 Jan. 2026
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Defendants deserve punishment that is constitutional and proportional.—
Walter Pavlo,
Forbes.com,
20 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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In corporate, nonprofit and public-sector environments, Black women leaders frequently face isolation, hypervisibility and the expectation to solve crises with limited protection without commensurate authority or resources.—
Jallicia Jolly,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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The state has poured billions into earlier reforms with only modest, uneven movement in student performance, and the Blueprint has yet to produce gains commensurate with its price tag.—
Julian Baron,
Baltimore Sun,
18 Jan. 2026
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In a comparable case in the United States in 2023, a federal judge imposed $5,000 fines on two lawyers and a law firm after ChatGPT was blamed for their submission of fictitious legal research in an aviation injury claim.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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At the center of this movement is OpenAI, led by Sam Altman, whose generative AI models represent a general-purpose capability—comparable to the steam engine or electric motor—that can amplify nearly every form of knowledge work.—
Phil Kafarakis,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Proportionate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proportionate. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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