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
Rolls-Royce, who was putting the journalists up, had arranged for accommodations to be commensurate with their product.
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Literary Hub, 4 June 2025
But superhero movies stand apart because the extravagant costs to make and market them demand an audience of commensurate size will show up to see them.
—Adam B. Vary, Variety, 28 May 2025
Prize money and championship race points earned are commensurate to the final and official finishing positions.
—Bruce Martin, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
Nikola Jokic’s greatest statistical season will not be decorated with the commensurate laurels.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 21 May 2025
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Literary Hub, 4 June 2025
But superhero movies stand apart because the extravagant costs to make and market them demand an audience of commensurate size will show up to see them.
—Adam B. Vary, Variety, 28 May 2025
Prize money and championship race points earned are commensurate to the final and official finishing positions.
—Bruce Martin, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
Nikola Jokic’s greatest statistical season will not be decorated with the commensurate laurels.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 21 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for commensurate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for commensurate
Adjective
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Therefore, the cosmological constant is proportional to the square of the angular velocity of the universe.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
21 June 2025
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And the mean size of that bias turns out to be proportional to how big the triangle was.—
Steven Strogatz,
Quanta Magazine,
12 June 2025
Adjective
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In fact, this valuation is roughly comparable to that of its competitor SoFi, which was profitable last year and has demonstrated a quicker customer growth rate.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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Must-read: The FT has a lengthy feature on how climate change is causing a systemic crisis in the property insurance business on a scale comparable to the 2008 financial crisis.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
26 June 2025
Adjective
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The strength of a rumor is directly proportionate to the number of intervening years).—
Sally Ventura
June 23,
Literary Hub,
23 June 2025
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But here is the problem for Iran’s leaders: There is no feasible proportionate response to the United States.—
Javed Ali,
The Conversation,
22 June 2025
Adjective
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Schools that take a balanced approach to promoting digital literacy, healthy cell phone habits (including teaching students how to regulate their phone use), and mental health awareness will likely create more positive, inclusive learning environments in the long run.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 June 2025
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Managing your weight with lupus means working with your healthcare team, possibly adjusting medications, eating a balanced diet, and finding ways to move your body.—
Stella Bard,
Health,
27 June 2025
Adjective
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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 Jul. 2025.
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