proportions

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So, why might there be higher proportions of children with SEN in the schools that are closing?

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

The adaptation doesn’t always get the dramatic proportions right.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

Analysts doubt hantavirus will reach Covid-19 proportions or generate significant revenue.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

All of these are served in ample proportions in this richly funny if schematic comedy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

As we passed the shipyard where the loftsmen raised the shape of a hull according to the measurements of a model, he taught me the secret of numerical proportions and scale.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson