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
And so, understand that this is commensurate with other utilities.
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Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2025
The Mets gave him a two-year, $26 million deal with a player option for 2027, which is commensurate with his market as a closer.
—Daniel R. Epstein, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
But German governments have long shunned spending on launchers at levels commensurate with the nation's place as a top contributor to ESA.
—Ars Technica, 23 Mar. 2025
The risks associated with scaling a direct air capture or nuclear fusion company are high, and the rewards are not commensurate.
—Alan Neuhauser, Axios, 17 Mar. 2025
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Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2025
The Mets gave him a two-year, $26 million deal with a player option for 2027, which is commensurate with his market as a closer.
—Daniel R. Epstein, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
But German governments have long shunned spending on launchers at levels commensurate with the nation's place as a top contributor to ESA.
—Ars Technica, 23 Mar. 2025
The risks associated with scaling a direct air capture or nuclear fusion company are high, and the rewards are not commensurate.
—Alan Neuhauser, Axios, 17 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for commensurate
Adjective
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Yet given everything creators Sera Gamble and Greg Berlanti have communicated about Joe over the show’s five seasons, castration doesn’t quite feel satisfying as a proportional symbolic response to Joe’s tenure of terror.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
25 Apr. 2025
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Unlike the drama and comedy series races, which are guaranteed eight nominees regardless of submission count, the limited series category uses a proportional system.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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If Villa prepare assiduously to burst out of the blocks at home, then the inverse is often true on the road, comparable to a marathon runner who is unsure of their durability in the last few miles.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2025
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The past two comparable moves in this small-investor proxy, in November 2022 and March 2022, led to stiff near-term declines in the basket within weeks.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
26 Apr. 2025
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The amount of pushback is proportionate to how badly it is needed.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Apr. 2025
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DeChambeau was the genesis of the idea to make the curve of the club face – the bulge and roll – proportionate to how fast a golfer can swing the club.—
Erik Matuszewski,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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For each question, push me to take a clear stance rather than giving a balanced answer.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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Which Is Healthier? Sweet potatoes and regular potatoes are nutritious foods that can fit in a balanced diet.—
Sohaib Imtiaz,
Verywell Health,
28 Apr. 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 2 May. 2025.
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