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With those figures, a $30,000 contribution to your condo, while not insignificant, is relatively small in proportion to the overall asset.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 8, 2026
A good framework is to hold non-U.S. stocks in proportion to the world equity market.
From Barron's • Jan. 8, 2026
Perhaps the most eloquent is the naturalist and essayist Henry David Thoreau, who wrote “man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can do without.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025
The laws of war say that civilians must be protected, and that casualties inflicted on them should be in proportion to the military threat faced by an attacking force.
From BBC • Oct. 24, 2024
The dog came bounding back, and seeing his master in a predicament, and hearing the horse groan, barked till the evening hills echoed the sound, which was deep in proportion to his magnitude.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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