- present tense form of proportion (3rd person singular).
- plural of proportion.
proportions
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These proportions may shift in the future because of new caps on borrowing, according to Castellano.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
After about a month and a half, the harassment ended when he was interviewed by Scott Simon on NPR’s Weekend Edition, which expanded his digital presence to national proportions.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
The 2022 Ofcom survey recorded statistics of people who loudcast by ethnicity, and it found higher proportions of people from non-white backgrounds said they watched videos in public without headphones.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Different professions seem to have different proportions of beard-wearing members.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Its proportions flowed from bunched and menacing to lithe and graceful.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
