proportional

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This includes Massachusetts, where courts consider factors such as the characteristics of any weapon used when evaluating whether a self-defense shooting was proportional.

From Slate • Mar. 27, 2026

Then there’s Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey’s proposal, which would let a married couple deduct the first $75,000 of income, with a proportional cut for individuals.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 12, 2026

In the proportional representation vote, RSP was leading with nearly half of the counted votes -- but final results could take several more days.

From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026

The other 110 MPs will be selected via proportional representation, which takes into account the proportion of votes cast for a political party nationally.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

It was Newton who realized that the pull of any two objects is, to quote Feynman again, "proportional to the mass of each and varies inversely as the square of the distance between them."

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson