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
Players expect to be paid commensurate to their status in the league and with a franchise.
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Zach Harper, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
Absent other factors, a boost in earnings should directly result in a commensurate uptick in share price.
—Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 7 Mar. 2025
The challenge is finding the capital to make the loan, managing the risk effectively, and being able to create returns for people making the loans that are commensurate with the risk.
—Roger Valdez, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
While her sculptural and process-based works have not yet received commensurate critical attention, her book We/Wé, forthcoming from Graywolf Press, collects these projects for the first time, presenting them alongside related essays and poetry.
—Melissa Ragain, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2025
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Zach Harper, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
Absent other factors, a boost in earnings should directly result in a commensurate uptick in share price.
—Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 7 Mar. 2025
The challenge is finding the capital to make the loan, managing the risk effectively, and being able to create returns for people making the loans that are commensurate with the risk.
—Roger Valdez, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
While her sculptural and process-based works have not yet received commensurate critical attention, her book We/Wé, forthcoming from Graywolf Press, collects these projects for the first time, presenting them alongside related essays and poetry.
—Melissa Ragain, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for commensurate
Adjective
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In any case, voter participation will still be low and that would seem to work in McCann’s favor, under the notion that Republicans have stronger proportional turnout.—
Michael Smolens,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Apr. 2025
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The result is proportional inclusion in the deceased joint tenant’s estate.—
Virginia La Torre Jeker, J.D.,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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When looking at gaming, the gender split for recent Super Mario Bros game releases was comparable to that of its feature film.—
Brad Adgate,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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One league executive said Malonga’s talent is comparable to presumptive No. 1 pick, UConn star Paige Bueckers, even if her public profile isn’t.—
Mike Vorkunov,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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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 a more balanced strategy, the Trefis High Quality portfolio has delivered strong results, returning over 91% since launch—outpacing broader benchmarks.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Lots of people love Global knives are beloved by many for their middle of the road price and balanced, lightweight feel.—
Alaina Chou,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
14 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 24 Apr. 2025.
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