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
International law allows for strikes on military targets in areas where civilians are present, provided the force used is proportionate to the military objective – something that is often disputed and would need to be settled in a court, which almost never happens.
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Wafaa Shurafa, Mohammad Jahjouh, and Samy Magdy, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Sep. 2024
If a partnership transfers property to a foreign corporation, the U.S. partners (and not the partnership) must separately file the form with each domestic partner treated as a transferor of its proportionate share of the property.
—Matthew Roberts, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
To tackle the threat, the T-12 could lay out uniform standards for appropriate behavior in cyberspace and define what constitutes a proportionate response to a cyberattack.
—Jared Cohen, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2020
Women also reached proportionate representation as leads, although their overall presence in casts lagged behind.
—Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2024
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Wafaa Shurafa, Mohammad Jahjouh, and Samy Magdy, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Sep. 2024
If a partnership transfers property to a foreign corporation, the U.S. partners (and not the partnership) must separately file the form with each domestic partner treated as a transferor of its proportionate share of the property.
—Matthew Roberts, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
To tackle the threat, the T-12 could lay out uniform standards for appropriate behavior in cyberspace and define what constitutes a proportionate response to a cyberattack.
—Jared Cohen, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2020
Women also reached proportionate representation as leads, although their overall presence in casts lagged behind.
—Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for proportionate
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An additional complicating factor is recent electoral reform, which means the 150 seats in Georgia’s parliament will be awarded under a fully proportional system, with parties needing to surpass a 5% threshold to win seats.Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2024
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That’s about 2 percent of the Gaza Strip’s entire population, the proportional equivalent of 6.5 million Americans dying in a war.Zack Beauchamp, Vox, 4 Oct. 2024
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The scale of the invasion, commensurate with its goal of eliminating Ukrainian statehood, was massive.Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2024
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The costs are commensurate, of course, but nothing that will make those who fly private blink twice.Everett Potter, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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The decrease is attributed to a decline in comparable store sales and strategic pricing investments.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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The box-office success of Tim Burton’s Batman got CBS to open its checkbook to give those fans a comparable network show, and The Flash spared no expense.Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
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“Proportionate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proportionate. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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