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• His earnings are directly proportional to the number of units he sells.
• The screen size is directly proportional to the phone's size.
  — Dave Leclair, PCMAG, 12 May 2023
• The output of the NFL rumor mill is directly proportional to the proximity of the draft.
  — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2021
• Ohm was able to prove that a current moving through a conductor from Point A to Point B is directly proportional to the voltage.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 29 Oct. 2019
• As always, the battery capacity of the EV in question—in this case, 80.5 kilowatt-hours—is directly proportional to the length of time the car stays warm.
  — John Voelcker, Car and Driver, 1 Feb. 2023
• The level of misery on I-4 — known in normal times for miles-long back-ups — seems directly proportional to the amount of commerce, tourism and faith among locals that going out is safe.
  — Adelaide Chen, orlandosentinel.com, 28 Aug. 2020
• After all, your ability to change the world around you is directly proportional to your willingness to change the world within you.
  — Dr Margie Warrell, Forbes, 7 July 2021
• However, this episode of Window Shop proves boring cars are directly proportional to the chances of a crossfire gabfest.
  — Jonathon Ramsey, Car and Driver, 11 Nov. 2022
• Paulson said the number of home inspections is directly proportional to the number of home sales.
  — Bob Dohr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 June 2018
• Maybe, our hopes for the future are directly proportional to our current sense of exhaustion.
  — Michelle Santiago Cortés, refinery29.com, 3 Sep. 2021
• Maybe, our hopes for the future are directly proportional to our current sense of despair or exhaustion.
  — Michelle Santiago Cortés, refinery29.com, 23 Aug. 2021
• If expertise was directly proportional to vote-getting power, Ng would have won the March 3 primary in a walk.
  — Gilbert Garcia, ExpressNews.com, 17 June 2020
• There is also indirect carbon pricing, which means changes in the price of carbon come from sources not directly proportional to emissions.
  — Russell Nichols, Time, 25 Oct. 2022
• Because the benefit is directly proportional to the size of the investment gains, the program tends to discourage projects that won’t generate a large profit.
  — David Calvert, ProPublica, 12 Nov. 2021
• Cup size and band size aren't always directly proportional.
  — Mallory Creveling, Women's Health, 27 Mar. 2023
• Gus’ happiness is directly proportional to the time spent playing Minecraft.
  — Steve Brykman, Ars Technica, 16 Dec. 2018
• The sparkliness of her outfits is directly proportional to her frustration, too.
  — Rebecca Farley, refinery29.com, 26 June 2018
• Almost every recruit has a plan, though the length and width of this vision is almost always directly proportional to talent and recruiting hype.
  — Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 10 July 2020
• Jensen and Christensen’s equation, in contrast, predicted that the two should be directly proportional.
  — Scott Hershberger, Scientific American, 6 July 2020
• My formula for great art was: the quantity of elaborate highlights and drop shadows per square inch is directly proportional to the quality of a painting.
  — Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2019
• If space expanded at a constant rate, a supernova’s redshift would be directly proportional to its distance, and thus to its brightness.
  — Quanta Magazine, 17 Dec. 2019
• Capitalize on the story of your brand: Many creators mistakenly assume that their sales will be directly proportional to the number of likes or followers.
  — Tomer Hen, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2022
• Unsurprisingly, the cost of your wedding seems to be directly proportional to your venue’s proximity to Lake Pichola.
  — Praachi Raniwala, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Feb. 2023
• Your Tok’s ability to achieve escape velocity is directly proportional to your distance from your true self.
  — WIRED, 16 Nov. 2022
• Scaling your team is directly proportional to getting the right people in regularly.
  — Mayank Mishra, Forbes, 10 June 2021
• Because the frequency is changing at a constant rate, there's a frequency difference between the two beams that's directly proportional to the distance that the returning beam traveled before bouncing back.
  — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 2 Oct. 2018
• Based on a bit of background research and a dash of reasoning, Vincent hypothesized that cookie chewiness would be directly proportional to the temperature of the butter (hotter butter = chewier cookie).
  — Liz Roth-Johnson, Discover Magazine, 17 June 2014
• Oxygen consumption is directly proportional to the number of cases.
  — Niharika Sharma, Quartz, 11 May 2021
• Its images were predictable; its attainment directly proportional to buying power and never fully achieved.
  — Soraya Roberts, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2018
• The electrical signal produced is directly proportional to the amount of strain the neck experiences and can be used to estimate the acceleration and velocity of neck movement, both used for concussion predictions, per a statement.
  — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 June 2022

Last Updated: 23 Sep 2024