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Recent Examples of proportionately
But now, as Williams vows to spend the new tax money only on health care and seeks from the District Attorney’s Office some of the proportionately biggest county budget reduction targets, public safety advocates say they were misled.
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Daniel Borenstein, Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2026
The state and localities collect proportionately more taxes than California, New Jersey, and Connecticut — let alone Florida and Texas.
—Andrew Rein, New York Daily News, 6 Jan. 2026
The votes of the parties that did not make it into parliament will be divided proportionately, meaning PAS will end up with several seats more than a bare majority of 51.
—John E. Herbst, Time, 4 Oct. 2025
So range will decline more than proportionately as speed increases.
—Neil Winton, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Costs incurred between when the minerals are extracted and when they are sold can be shared proportionately between the oil company and the royalty owner, the court found.
—Jacob Orledge, ProPublica, 15 Aug. 2025
Daniel Borenstein, Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2026
The state and localities collect proportionately more taxes than California, New Jersey, and Connecticut — let alone Florida and Texas.
—Andrew Rein, New York Daily News, 6 Jan. 2026
The votes of the parties that did not make it into parliament will be divided proportionately, meaning PAS will end up with several seats more than a bare majority of 51.
—John E. Herbst, Time, 4 Oct. 2025
So range will decline more than proportionately as speed increases.
—Neil Winton, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Costs incurred between when the minerals are extracted and when they are sold can be shared proportionately between the oil company and the royalty owner, the court found.
—Jacob Orledge, ProPublica, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for proportionately
Adverb
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The models got better, and the unintended consequences grew commensurately.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
30 Nov. 2025
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If only the prices were commensurately modest.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
22 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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So having another person in her space was always a little surprising, even if the curator, gazing at her with his usual mix of mild reproach and gauzy concern, seemed not abundantly different from the empty chair.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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Still, over the course of season-ending press conferences the last two days, a combination of comments from Payton, Paton and players have made abundantly clear that Denver intends to take a hard look at its skill-position talent this offseason.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
27 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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The straps and upper material are stretchy and soft against the skin, while the supportive insoles will keep your feet amply supported.—
Olivia Dubyak,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Feb. 2026
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Ohtani is now Tucker’s teammate, as are amply paid stars Mookie Betts, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Will Smith, Tyler Glasnow, Freeman and Snell.—
Steve Henson,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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And helping ensure that driver inputs are translated optimally based on the drive mode selected are Bilstein DTX dampers.—
Viju Mathew,
Robb Report,
10 Feb. 2026
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The more effective strategy is to initially define the right automation for your business, then select packaging engineered to run optimally on that system — taking into account current operational needs as well as future growth.—
Ken Bowles,
Forbes.com,
28 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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The island has become a haven for the rock iguanas, who eat plentifully from the local guava plants and are beginning to repopulate.—
Madeline Weinfield,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Feb. 2026
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Connor and Scheifele will score plentifully if anything good happens for the Jets at all this season.—
Murat Ates,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Proportionately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proportionately. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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