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
And while winter watching has weathered a proportionate decline, bragging rights for prime usage continues to ping pong back and forth between January and February.
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 16 Feb. 2026
The Sole Arbitrator is bound by such proportionate rules and has no means to override them.
—Alexander Smith, NBC news, 13 Feb. 2026
Microsoft saw a decrease in its proportionate ownership of OpenAI, yielding a dilution gain.
—Jordan Novet, CNBC, 28 Jan. 2026
The player declined the contract after being advised that this wasn’t proportionate.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2026
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 16 Feb. 2026
The Sole Arbitrator is bound by such proportionate rules and has no means to override them.
—Alexander Smith, NBC news, 13 Feb. 2026
Microsoft saw a decrease in its proportionate ownership of OpenAI, yielding a dilution gain.
—Jordan Novet, CNBC, 28 Jan. 2026
The player declined the contract after being advised that this wasn’t proportionate.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for proportionate
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Those who submit a claim will receive a proportional payment distribution calculated by taking the remaining funds for distribution divided by the number of people who submit valid settlement claim forms.—
Chiara Kim,
PEOPLE,
16 Apr. 2026
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Warrenville, which accounts for about 7% of water flow into the plant annually, is also paying its proportional share of the project.—
Carolyn Stein,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2026
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One of those ethical hackers and researchers, Jamieson O’Reilly, told NBC News that the rise of AI coding agents threatened to create security vulnerabilities by giving coding novices significant public exposure without commensurate security expertise.—
Jared Perlo,
NBC news,
7 Apr. 2026
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At such a high level of spending, businesses will need a structural transformation to yield commensurate value.—
Terrence Curtin,
Fortune,
7 Apr. 2026
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One of the few clubs with comparable fees, the Yellowstone Club in Montana, offers access to multiple resorts, 50 ski trails and more than a dozen restaurants across a members-only area the size of Manhattan.—
Bernard Condon,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2026
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The average American of 1925, Bradley noted, citing his team’s considerable research for its new book, lived at a standard of living roughly comparable to South Africa today.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
12 Apr. 2026
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“Proportionate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proportionate. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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