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
There are expected to be roughly 15 to 25 media members at each game the rest of the way, depending on the opponent, commensurate with the last few seasons when the team played in Oakland, a team official said.
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Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 2 Apr. 2025
The not-so-grand finale of Reacher’s third season opens with a gun battle that leaves an entire ATF Special Response Team dead, along with a commensurate number of henchmen that Quinn flew in from somewhere.
—Chris Klimek, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2025
And so, understand that this is commensurate with other utilities.
—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
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Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 2 Apr. 2025
The not-so-grand finale of Reacher’s third season opens with a gun battle that leaves an entire ATF Special Response Team dead, along with a commensurate number of henchmen that Quinn flew in from somewhere.
—Chris Klimek, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2025
And so, understand that this is commensurate with other utilities.
—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
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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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Through the first five weeks of the second quarter, Texas Roadhouse said its comparable sales at company restaurants increased 5% year over year.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
8 May 2025
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One that’s more demonstrable in the industry than other comparable examples of societal laziness.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
Adjective
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This ratio—cash burned divided by new ARR added—can separate companies using funding wisely from those burning money without proportionate returns.—
Victor Orlovski,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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Four decades of neoliberalism have so thoroughly taught policymakers that the role of government should be limited that public debates about the economy are now constricted to discussions about growth and distribution—the overall size and proportionate slicing of the pie.—
Jennifer M. Harris,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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Charlotte has had a balanced offensive attack in the series as Ben Steeves has three goals and William Skoog two to lead the Checkers and six others have one goal apiece..—
Richard Walker,
Charlotte Observer,
10 May 2025
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Cam McCarthy led a balanced attack with four goals and an assist as St. John’s Prep (14-1) defeated St. John’s Shrewsbury 18-3 in the Catholic Conference.—
Kristina Banahan,
Boston Herald,
10 May 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 14 May. 2025.
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