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- noun Plural form of
proportion . - noun informal A person's
figure . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
proportion .
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Examples
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Waiting until problems reach crisis proportions is not the best way to stay healthy.
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In just over a week a red tsunami of epic proportions is likely to roll across America with the result likely to be a Republican House of Representatives and something close to an evenly divided Senate.
Mark Joseph: The Real Reasons California Will Buck The National Red Tide Mark Joseph 2010
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Now the market has all but crashed, the next greater permanent depression of epic proportions is coming.
Its official Match.com Abandons Paid Dating… « The Paradigm Shift 2009
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To maintain proportions, Mini also increased the size of the rear portion by giving the vehicle more rounded contours.
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The first movement signalled its epic proportions from the outset, with its eight horns and long-breathed trombone solo reinforcing the sense of momentousness.
BBC Now/Otaka – review Rian Evans 2010
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Some of the distinction, companies say, involves proprietary differences in proportions of ingredients.
The Acid Test for Enamel-Saving Toothpastes Laura Johannes 2010
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Throughout the 1980s, Poland was a basket case, with $40 billion in foreign debt, an inflation rate of Latin American proportions, and rationing combined with shortages of everything from basic foodstuffs to medicine.
Andrew Nagorski: Poland's Solidarity: A Lesson for America 2010
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Throughout the 1980s, Poland was a basket case, with $40 billion in foreign debt, an inflation rate of Latin American proportions, and rationing combined with shortages of everything from basic foodstuffs to medicine.
Andrew Nagorski: Poland's Solidarity: A Lesson for America Andrew Nagorski 2010
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The commenter was responding not so much to the post, as to another comment that asserted (somewhat hysterically in my opinion) that a cataclysm of even greater proportions is awaiting the Jewish community in America.
Our First anti-Semitic Comment « The Blog at 16th and Q 2008
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Throughout the 1980s, Poland was a basket case, with $40 billion in foreign debt, an inflation rate of Latin American proportions, and rationing combined with shortages of everything from basic foodstuffs to medicine.
Andrew Nagorski: Poland's Solidarity: A Lesson for America 2010
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