in proportion
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With those figures, a $30,000 contribution to your condo, while not insignificant, is relatively small in proportion to the overall asset.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 8, 2026
A good framework is to hold non-U.S. stocks in proportion to the world equity market.
From Barron's • Jan. 8, 2026
Perhaps the most eloquent is the naturalist and essayist Henry David Thoreau, who wrote “man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can do without.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025
In the rare encounters he has with other humans, he enjoys quoting favorite passages from it, such as: “A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2025
He stood eight centimetres short of the standard Alpha height and was slender in proportion.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
