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Should you reach that cap, the Social Security Administration continues to give benefits to the family, but will proportionately lower the benefit for each person so that it does not exceed the limit.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 18, 2026

But the number of available lending deals didn’t rise proportionately.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

Police Scotland said the new measures would be used proportionately and only when necessary.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

Benefits are structured so the lower-paid receive proportionately higher benefits than the high earners, and the benefits of high earners are also subject to taxation under the federal income tax.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 8, 2026

The bus, as usual, was quiet when he climbed in—as proportionately quiet, at any rate, as a theatre with dimming house lights.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger