as in proportional
corresponding in size, amount, extent, or degree
was given a job commensurate with her abilities and experience
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Recent Examples of commensurate
Exxon, for example, doubled its profit per oil equivalent barrel from $5 in 2019 to $10 in 2024, with nowhere near a commensurate increase in production.
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Ariel Cohen, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
Under pressure from ultraconservatives in the Republican conference, congressional leaders are trying to find ways to offset that revenue loss with commensurate cuts to federal spending.
—Riley Beggin, USA Today, 18 May 2025
The play, with commensurate high ticket prices, has been reeling in massive box office since beginning previews March 12.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 12 May 2025
Without commensurate recognition or compensation, accidentally becoming important at work can feel more like a punishment.
—Ashton Jackson, CNBC, 11 Apr. 2025
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Ariel Cohen, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
Under pressure from ultraconservatives in the Republican conference, congressional leaders are trying to find ways to offset that revenue loss with commensurate cuts to federal spending.
—Riley Beggin, USA Today, 18 May 2025
The play, with commensurate high ticket prices, has been reeling in massive box office since beginning previews March 12.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 12 May 2025
Without commensurate recognition or compensation, accidentally becoming important at work can feel more like a punishment.
—Ashton Jackson, CNBC, 11 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for commensurate
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If billionaires don’t want aircrafts all to themselves—or don’t want to shell out the big bucks to store, maintain and staff their own planes—another option is fractional ownership, which means purchasing a share of a plane and access to it for a proportional number of hours per year.—
Monica Hunter-Hart,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2025
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Selecting a coffee table that is stylish is one thing, but finding a round coffee table that is proportional to your other furniture is another.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
26 May 2025
Adjective
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Beyond this, the study also showed that owning a dog, or even a cat, significantly boosts human life satisfaction and well-being, to a degree comparable to the impact of family and friends.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 June 2025
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Our concern with this umbrella is that the materials seem slightly more cheaply made and less durable than comparable models.—
Sandi Schwartz,
Better Homes & Gardens,
13 June 2025
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Colman Domingo has two passion projects about Nat King Cole in the works right now, and that feels way more proportionate to the man’s talent.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
13 June 2025
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The Commission said Apple failed to demonstrate that the restrictions are objectively necessary and proportionate.—
Supantha Mukherjee,
USA Today,
24 Apr. 2025
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Want a balanced complexion that’s all glow and none of the grease?—
Jenny Berg,
Vogue,
13 June 2025
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That’s balanced against the potential to help society in fields like medicine, and boost productivity across many industries.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
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Such dual-economy arrangements later allowed the great imperial powers to make their commitment to free exchange, and to a degree of pluralism, commensurable with their ongoing subjugation of native peoples.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
The New Yorker,
21 Oct. 2024
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Once the germ reached the seething colonies of commensurable rodents, fattened on the empire’s giant stores of grain, the mortality was unstoppable.—
Kyle Harper,
Discover Magazine,
15 Dec. 2017
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“Commensurate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commensurate. Accessed 23 Jun. 2025.
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