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proportional

adjective as in proportionate

adjective as in equivalent

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The law’s text doesn’t mention majority-minority districts and stresses that it doesn’t establish a right to proportional representation.

Because that energy return is proportional to the force on the shoe, heavier runners are experiencing greater energy return than lighter runners.

In Wales, they have high hopes the new proportional representation voting system will allow the party to gain a foothold in the Senedd.

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According to a report on its findings, ICE “routinely isolates people for minor infractions, transforming what should be civil administrative proceedings into punishment systems that operate without criminal conviction, due process protections, or proportional sentencing.”

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"We're putting our biggest campaign force we've ever done into the field, because it's a proportional election, we think we can do really well," he said.

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