proportional
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Jane Dodds, the only Lib Dem elected five years ago, said no single party will have a majority when votes are counted using a new, more proportional electoral system.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026
Last week, Yadav was sworn into parliament as one of the RSP's lawmakers on its proportional representation list.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 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
It had secured comfortably more than half of votes so far counted in the proportional representation vote, which determines a further 110 seats via party lists.
From Barron's • Mar. 7, 2026
It says that the squares of the periods of any two planets are proportional to the cubes of their distances from the Sun.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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