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
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.
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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
Now, my income is not commensurate with housing costs.
—Luke Garrett, NPR, 25 Feb. 2026
Fisher’s initial punishment, including his three-day suspension, was commensurate with incidents like inciting a riot.
—Jeffrey S. Solochek, Sun Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2026
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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
Now, my income is not commensurate with housing costs.
—Luke Garrett, NPR, 25 Feb. 2026
Fisher’s initial punishment, including his three-day suspension, was commensurate with incidents like inciting a riot.
—Jeffrey S. Solochek, Sun Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for commensurate
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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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Social Security functions as social insurance rather than welfare, meaning workers who pay into the program throughout their working lives have earned the right to receive benefits proportional to their contributions and income replacement needs.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 2026
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Many of Mecklenburg County’s top officials make similar or better money than those doing comparable jobs in other parts of the state and country.—
Mary Ramsey,
Charlotte Observer,
31 Mar. 2026
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Dell’s total headcount fell roughly 10%, or about 11,000 employees, in fiscal 2026, according to its 10-K filing, which is the third consecutive year of comparable declines.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
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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Now, costs must be proportionate to the benefit provided to each parcel that will be assessed a new fee.—
Susan Shelley,
Daily News,
18 Mar. 2026
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The potatoes were well balanced in their level of fried-ness, and the English muffin was nice and fluffy.—
Cooper Worth,
Des Moines Register,
1 Apr. 2026
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But in the 1980s, the Communist Party developed a system of government that orchestrated regular transitions of power, balanced rival interests, encouraged policy discussion, and implemented bold economic reforms.—
Michael Schuman,
The Atlantic,
1 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 4 Apr. 2026.
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