disproportion

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Recent Examples of disproportion In a world of absolute equality, there would be no place left for derangements of disproportion. Elizabeth Barber, Harper's Magazine, 8 Feb. 2024 The impunity of the American police has been achieved by slow accretion through the decades, and with the tacit understanding that it would be deployed in great disproportion against black people. Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2023 One type of admirer thinks, Why this disproportion, a master catering to young birds? Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 22 June 2023 The success of the major streaming sites emerges from this disproportion: a one-month subscription costs less than a single movie ticket, and many viewers are willing to accept barely acceptable movies that then come to them without additional charges. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2020 See All Example Sentences for disproportion
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disproportion
Noun
  • However, there's a significant difference between containing and controlling a wildfire.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacramento Bee, 11 Mar. 2025
  • And compared with something more pedestrian, like the Apple iMac, which uses a standard M4 processor, the difference in multicore processing performance is vast.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 11 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Despite the improved security, a thriving tourism industry, and other positive developments, the country continues to grapple with macroeconomic imbalances, high fiscal deficits, and substantial debt.
    Javier Bastardo, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Drawbacks of Protein Shakes for Weight Loss Nutrient deficiency risk: Relying too much on protein shakes may lead to an imbalance in essential nutrients.
    Maxine Lipner, Verywell Health, 3 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • But recently, two experts have made a cogent distinction.
    Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
  • With 273 career home runs and 916 RBIs, all those All-Star games and that World Series MVP distinction and five Gold Gloves and five Silver Slugger awards, Perez has amassed the makings of a candidacy for the National Baseball Hall of Fame — where George Brett resides as the only primary Royal.
    Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 7 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The stark disparities in MLB payrolls continues to prompt discussion about whether the sport needs a salary cap.
    Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Addressing these disparities also involves changing the narrative around who is considered a philanthropist.
    David Campbell, The Conversation, 4 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Income inequality in the US is at historically very high levels, and the share of total income garnered by the top 1% of the workforce is tipping levels only seen in the 1930’s.
    Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
  • That system, Fritz Alphonse Jean said, has fueled immense misery and social inequalities as well as the current gang violence that has a desperate population urgently calling for help.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 8 Mar. 2025

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“Disproportion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disproportion. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.

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