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
Building amenities are commensurate with a premium building and include 24/7 concierge services, valet parking, a private cinema, a salon, and a vast wellness center complete with an 82-foot pool, steam and sauna rooms, a state-of-the-art gym, and spa treatment rooms.
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Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 18 June 2025
Predictably, the national TV audience for Game 1 wasn’t commensurate with the sheer entertainment value on display.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 6 June 2025
Rolls-Royce, who was putting the journalists up, had arranged for accommodations to be commensurate with their product.
—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
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Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 18 June 2025
Predictably, the national TV audience for Game 1 wasn’t commensurate with the sheer entertainment value on display.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 6 June 2025
Rolls-Royce, who was putting the journalists up, had arranged for accommodations to be commensurate with their product.
—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
See All Example Sentences for commensurate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for commensurate
Adjective
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The mirror should be proportional to the vanity, maybe two-thirds of the width, according to designer Lynn Siemer, director of design and operations at Blythe Interiors.—
Caron Golden,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 July 2025
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On the topic of relevance, communications should address issues material or significant to the product or business, be proportional to actions taken and contextualized with a clear scope.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
2 July 2025
Adjective
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Yes, Amazon Prime Day deals are comparable to Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales.—
Clara McMahon,
People.com,
8 July 2025
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The price is comparable to competitors, plus the products are regularly on sale with free shipping and gifts.—
Stewart Savin,
Architectural Digest,
8 July 2025
Adjective
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Under new agency guidelines, NASA has been ordered to focus more on deep-space crewed missions to the Moon and Mars, along with other endeavors involving cutting-edge technology, while axing projects that have been marked by massive spending without a proportionate scientific return.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
6 July 2025
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State governments aren't like the U.S. Congress, where one chamber is made up of representatives that are proportionate to a state's population and another chamber grants equal representation to each state.—
Kayla Dwyer,
IndyStar,
2 July 2025
Adjective
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The argument in favor was to have a fully balanced schedule, where everyone played everyone else twice.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 July 2025
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Served with kimchi, daikon and rice, the plate is balanced and filling.—
Irene Milanez,
Sacbee.com,
7 July 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 15 Jul. 2025.
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