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His earnings are directly proportional to the number of units he sells.
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Most leaders operate under a silent assumption: that success is directly proportional to effort.
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Nell Derick Debevoise, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Not for the first time, the violence of a bullying threat is directly proportional to the vulnerability that’s been exposed in the bully.
—Daniel Mendelsohn, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
Rocket designers do that with a quantity called specific impulse, which is directly proportional to the speed of the gas exiting the rocket nozzle.
—IEEE Spectrum, 5 Nov. 2014
In fact, however, he is not overlooked but derided or reviled -- the strength of the populace’s reactions is directly proportional to its horror at his accuracy.
—David Mamet, National Review, 21 Nov. 2024
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Nell Derick Debevoise, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Not for the first time, the violence of a bullying threat is directly proportional to the vulnerability that’s been exposed in the bully.
—Daniel Mendelsohn, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
Rocket designers do that with a quantity called specific impulse, which is directly proportional to the speed of the gas exiting the rocket nozzle.
—IEEE Spectrum, 5 Nov. 2014
In fact, however, he is not overlooked but derided or reviled -- the strength of the populace’s reactions is directly proportional to its horror at his accuracy.
—David Mamet, National Review, 21 Nov. 2024
See All Example Sentences for directly proportional
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“Directly proportional.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/directly%20proportional. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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