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“I reasoned that the intensity of his anger at me, anger that could make him spit and throw things, was proportionate to the intensity of our creative connection,” Dunham wrote in the book.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Responding to this allegation last week, Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said the demonstrations had been policed in "an extremely proportionate manner".

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

I think you should split them proportionate to your respective incomes.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

The four leagues say the shake-up is needed to make world football's governing body "transparent, objective, proportionate and inclusive" and claim that "our sport cannot grow globally if its foundations are undermined".

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

This shouldn’t matter, but it does: the sense of shame I feel about an incident is proportionate not just to the gravity of the situation, but also to the number of people who witnessed it.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins

The rest consisted of all leading French types, proportionated more or less to the productive capacity of these firms.

From Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1913 by Various

The vulgar of every country possess it in certain degrees, proportionated to their opportunities of conversation with the more enlightened.

From The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem by Luís de Camões