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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Every state receives an amount of money proportional to that state's population.—
Sarah D. Wire,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2025
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Each bond’s principal remains due in full at maturity, and holders receive an extra payout proportional to bitcoin’s price appreciation.—
Dave Birnbaum,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The most far-reaching version of Trump’s strategy would raise the effective, or average, tariff on U.S. imports to about 20%, comparable to the heavy import duties the nation imposed in the 1930s and that contributed to the Great Depression, Zandi said.—
Paul Davidson,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2025
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There are several solutions Baltimore could implement immediately to fix its open records process, like creating an online request center comparable to most other large cities.—
John Hart,
Baltimore Sun,
2 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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The balanced team performance drew praises from head coach Geno Auriemma, who went as far as saying that the team made no mistakes.—
Roberta F. Rodrigues,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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The minimalist metal legs keep it airy and light on its feet, while three balanced compartments with adjustable shelves provide plenty of real estate for books, video game setups, or rows and rows of dishware.—
Bailey Berg,
Architectural Digest,
4 Apr. 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 16 Apr. 2025.
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