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proportioned

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verb

past tense of proportion

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for proportioned
Adjective
  • Atlas benefits further from a simplified hardware design, featuring symmetrical limbs and just two actuator types, making simulation and transfer more accurate and efficient.
    Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 27 May 2026
  • When the eye looks symmetrical, that often means the storm is not encountering anything to weaken it.
    William B. Davis, New York Times, 27 May 2026
Verb
  • When India was partitioned, Punjab was divided into two, leaving the Sikh community in economic distress with immense loss of land and wealth.
    Akash Pamarthy, NPR, 6 June 2026
  • The complication is that the trend has raced ahead of the research, and the research itself is divided.
    Allison Palmer June 4, Miami Herald, 4 June 2026
Verb
  • Rules must be enforced, budgets must be balanced, and duties need to be fulfilled.
    Niurys Robaina, Miami Herald, 4 June 2026
  • But that wistfulness is balanced with an urgent call to action, as primers on past civil rights legislation highlight the fragility of progress and interactive displays solicit commitments for civic service.
    Sam Cochran, Architectural Digest, 4 June 2026
Verb
  • One of the designs that Shein allegedly appropriated was a shirt from INAC’s Red Day Dress collection, which is designed to raise awareness about missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and Two-Spirit People.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 27 May 2026
  • Moreover, such a reassessment is supposed to consider these impacts in a larger environment of contemporary communication in order to trace instances of remediation too, namely, to reveal how characteristics of old media are replaced or appropriated and incorporated.
    Carmen Daniela Maier, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026
Verb
  • Shye Ben Tzur’s journey since has aligned with the tenets of Sufism.
    Arman Khan, Pitchfork, 1 June 2026
  • They were aligned, just around the wrong certainty.
    Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Verb
  • The judge recommended specific amounts for two of the firm’s partners to pay — up to $58,000 by Andrew Bramhall and Brian Cannon — and said the shares apportioned to the other two partners, Margaret Shyr and Victoria Maroulis, would be determined later.
    Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 27 May 2026
  • The tickets will be apportioned via a ballot and will only be available to New York City residents, following on from Mamdani’s campaign demand during his mayoral run for locals to be given greater access by FIFA to this summer’s tournament.
    Adam Crafton, New York Times, 21 May 2026
Verb
  • Naegohyang equalized five minutes later when Choe Kum Ok headed in from a set piece, then grabbed the lead in the 67th after Kim Kyong Yong collected a high-arching clearance from a Suwon defender to nod home.
    ABC News, ABC News, 20 May 2026
  • Brennan Creek equalized in the 34th minute after a corner kick caused some chaos in the box.
    Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 30 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • More resources should be allotted for staff to respond to requests for corrections.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 May 2026
  • Kraft Sports + Entertainment COO Jim Nolan said the stadium will be able to add to the 5,000 parking spaces currently allotted for World Cup attendees, and also noted that independent lots along Route 1 will account for another 5,000 spots.
    Neal Riley, CBS News, 26 May 2026
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“Proportioned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proportioned. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.

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