proportional
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For decades, proportional response functioned less as a strategy than a ritual: hit a transmitter, strike a barracks.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
But rising oil prices this time around may not be able to directly translate into proportional gains in revenue or earnings for oil producers, according to market analysts.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026
The Holyrood voting system is a mix of first-past-the-post and proportional representation - making it harder for a party to secure a majority than in a Westminster election, for instance.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
This result directly contradicts the Wiedemann-Franz law, a well-established principle that states heat and electrical conduction in metals should be proportional.
From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026
Lamarck believed that animals adapted to their environments by strengthening or weakening certain traits—“with a power proportional to the length of time it has been so used.”
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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