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
Now, thanks to a raft of glowing reviews, sky-high audience exit-polling scores, and commensurate word-of-mouth buzz, Project Hail Mary is well on its way to recouping its $200 production budget (which does not include another $150 million or so in prints and advertising costs).
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Chris Lee, Vulture, 23 Mar. 2026
Given how aware other teams are of the hurdles McCarthy has faced in his first two seasons, expecting a commensurate return is lofty.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
White has delivered, and based on a recent review of the salaries of SEC basketball coaches, his success is more than commensurate to his rank on the league coaches’ pay scale.
—Mike Griffith, AJC.com, 10 Mar. 2026
Carlsson, Gauthier and Sennecke combined for seven points in Wednesday’s 5-1 bounce-back win on the heels of a loss by a commensurate score to the Colorado Avalanche.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 5 Mar. 2026
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Chris Lee, Vulture, 23 Mar. 2026
Given how aware other teams are of the hurdles McCarthy has faced in his first two seasons, expecting a commensurate return is lofty.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
White has delivered, and based on a recent review of the salaries of SEC basketball coaches, his success is more than commensurate to his rank on the league coaches’ pay scale.
—Mike Griffith, AJC.com, 10 Mar. 2026
Carlsson, Gauthier and Sennecke combined for seven points in Wednesday’s 5-1 bounce-back win on the heels of a loss by a commensurate score to the Colorado Avalanche.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 5 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for commensurate
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Warrenville, which accounts for about 7% of water flow into the plant annually, is also paying its proportional share of the project.—
Carolyn Stein,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2026
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The rate at which the universe is expanding is called the Hubble constant, named after astronomer Edwin Hubble, who, with Milton Humason, showed convincingly that the velocity with which a galaxy was moving away from Earth was proportional to its distance.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
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Why is a woman artist selling for one price when a comparable male artist is at a completely different level?—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
6 Apr. 2026
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Other candidates The rest of the field, for the most part, does not appear to have secured as many high-profile endorsements or raised comparable campaign funding.—
Ethan Varian,
Mercury News,
5 Apr. 2026
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And if so, is this advantage proportionate to the harm inflicted on civilians and the environment?—
Mustafa Qadri,
CNN Money,
30 Mar. 2026
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Investigators also pointed to Massachusetts law prohibiting officers from firing at a moving vehicle unless necessary to prevent imminent harm and requiring that force be proportionate to the threat.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
19 Mar. 2026
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But if the Chiefs plan to reshape their offense into a more balanced, downhill running machine, the 6-6, 267-pound Roush may be just what the doctor ordered.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
8 Apr. 2026
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Peaches is described as affectionate and well-balanced — enjoying car rides, treats and quiet time at home.—
Caroline Foreback,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
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These revisions were commensurable to what was happening in my own life.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Feb. 2026
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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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“Commensurate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commensurate. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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