inverse proportion
Americannoun
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The one that demonstrates that economic growth and Labour dissent are in inverse proportion.
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2025
Beginning in 1989, gaming revenue in Vegas began to drop in inverse proportion to non-gaming revenue, which included money spent on entertainment, shopping and dining, said UNLV’s Feldman.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2023
The irony is that the advance hype has exploded in almost inverse proportion to the sagging interest in the awards show itself.
From Washington Post • Apr. 25, 2023
Nevertheless, he also shares what he calls his “first law of technology”: “The ability of a given piece of technology to infuriate me is in inverse proportion to its age.”
From Slate • Jun. 5, 2017
Presently we shall see that the planets are illuminated in inverse proportion to their distance from the sun.
From Popular Books on Natural Science For Practical Use in Every Household, for Readers of All Classes by Bernstein, Aaron David
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