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
This level needs to be reasonable and proportionate to the risk.
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Mark Littler, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
There should at least have been a proportionate distribution of the spaces available at the stadium, in line with the general allocation.
—Nick Miller, New York Times, 20 May 2025
Even a wounded or trapped shark can lash out reflexively, and in these moments, the bite is not calculated or proportionate.
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
So while the industry has grown over the past decade, there hasn't been a proportionate increase in jobs.
—Sareen Habeshian, Axios, 3 Apr. 2025
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Mark Littler, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
There should at least have been a proportionate distribution of the spaces available at the stadium, in line with the general allocation.
—Nick Miller, New York Times, 20 May 2025
Even a wounded or trapped shark can lash out reflexively, and in these moments, the bite is not calculated or proportionate.
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
So while the industry has grown over the past decade, there hasn't been a proportionate increase in jobs.
—Sareen Habeshian, Axios, 3 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for proportionate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for proportionate
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Therefore, the cosmological constant is proportional to the square of the angular velocity of the universe.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
21 June 2025
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And the mean size of that bias turns out to be proportional to how big the triangle was.—
Steven Strogatz,
Quanta Magazine,
12 June 2025
Adjective
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The rise in hotel porters is commensurate with the rise in travel.—
Katherine LaGrave,
AFAR Media,
26 June 2025
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There are plenty of other paths from defensemen who ate minutes but struggled to do so at a rate commensurate to top-pair value.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
New York Times,
18 June 2025
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In fact, this valuation is roughly comparable to that of its competitor SoFi, which was profitable last year and has demonstrated a quicker customer growth rate.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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Must-read: The FT has a lengthy feature on how climate change is causing a systemic crisis in the property insurance business on a scale comparable to the 2008 financial crisis.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
26 June 2025
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“Proportionate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proportionate. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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