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
Instead, the proposal makes logical tweaks to ensure proportionate consequences for incomplete discovery.
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Mimi Rocah, New York Daily News, 13 Apr. 2025
Trump has ratcheted up tariffs on China to 125 percent on top of 20 percent levies, leading to a proportionate response from Beijing.
—Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 13 Apr. 2025
Countries that embrace a more structured and proportionate approach are attracting the world’s top fintech and blockchain startups, while the UK remains a difficult environment.
—Susie Violet Ward, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
This ratio—cash burned divided by new ARR added—can separate companies using funding wisely from those burning money without proportionate returns.
—Victor Orlovski, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
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Mimi Rocah, New York Daily News, 13 Apr. 2025
Trump has ratcheted up tariffs on China to 125 percent on top of 20 percent levies, leading to a proportionate response from Beijing.
—Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 13 Apr. 2025
Countries that embrace a more structured and proportionate approach are attracting the world’s top fintech and blockchain startups, while the UK remains a difficult environment.
—Susie Violet Ward, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
This ratio—cash burned divided by new ARR added—can separate companies using funding wisely from those burning money without proportionate returns.
—Victor Orlovski, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for proportionate
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Unlike the gig economy, which centers on commoditized tasks, this emerging model prioritizes individuality and creativity—offering creators scalable income without proportional increases in labor.—
Kristin Westcott Grant,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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An author inevitably faces the threat of proportional imbalance: a glut of one (the tantalizing range of delicacies eaten) and want of the other (the nonprofessional life lived).—
Charlotte Druckman,
New York Times,
14 May 2025
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Under pressure from ultraconservatives in the Republican conference, congressional leaders are trying to find ways to offset that revenue loss with commensurate cuts to federal spending.—
Riley Beggin,
USA Today,
18 May 2025
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The play, with commensurate high ticket prices, has been reeling in massive box office since beginning previews March 12.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
12 May 2025
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China and imports Target's first-quarter comparable sales fell 3.8%, compared to analysts' estimates of a 1.08% decline.—
Siddharth Cavale,
USA Today,
22 May 2025
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That reverses a comparable store sales increase of 1.5% in the previous quarter.—
Anne D'Innocenzio,
Chicago Tribune,
21 May 2025
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“Proportionate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proportionate. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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