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
The rise in hotel porters is commensurate with the rise in travel.
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Katherine Lagrave, AFAR Media, 26 June 2025
There are plenty of other paths from defensemen who ate minutes but struggled to do so at a rate commensurate to top-pair value.
—Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 18 June 2025
Building amenities are commensurate with a premium building and include 24/7 concierge services, valet parking, a private cinema, a salon, and a vast wellness center complete with an 82-foot pool, steam and sauna rooms, a state-of-the-art gym, and spa treatment rooms.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 18 June 2025
Predictably, the national TV audience for Game 1 wasn’t commensurate with the sheer entertainment value on display.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 6 June 2025
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Katherine Lagrave, AFAR Media, 26 June 2025
There are plenty of other paths from defensemen who ate minutes but struggled to do so at a rate commensurate to top-pair value.
—Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 18 June 2025
Building amenities are commensurate with a premium building and include 24/7 concierge services, valet parking, a private cinema, a salon, and a vast wellness center complete with an 82-foot pool, steam and sauna rooms, a state-of-the-art gym, and spa treatment rooms.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 18 June 2025
Predictably, the national TV audience for Game 1 wasn’t commensurate with the sheer entertainment value on display.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 6 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for commensurate
Adjective
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Passive investors who contribute capital to the deal and receive a proportional share of income and profits.—
Feras Moussa,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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The trust would be repaid gradually through revenue generated by writers themselves, supported by proportional contributions from labels, pubs, PROs and all broadcast platforms–essentially all entities who profit from the use of songs.—
Jeff Rabhan,
HollywoodReporter,
16 July 2025
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In a recent note on quantum computing, analysts at Bank of America had to reach way back—way, way back—for a comparable advancement in human history.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
19 July 2025
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Burberry’s overall group revenues declined 1% year-on-year on a comparable basis to £433 million ($ 582million) in the June quarter, compared with the 3% decline analysts had forecast in a company compiled consensus.—
Karen Gilchrist,
CNBC,
18 July 2025
Adjective
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Chapin led the effort to hire a new team of senior editors to review broadcast segments, digital stories and podcasts before their release — both to ensure that the stories were fair and accurate, but also that the balance of stories was proportionate to the news of the day.—
David Folkenflik,
NPR,
22 July 2025
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In a previous interview with Newsweek, veterinarian Dr. Grant Little—who works with the Q&A platform JustAnswer—explained that a dog's walk should be proportionate to its body size and strength.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 July 2025
Adjective
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Each tablet also includes prebiotic FOS, vitamin D, zinc and biotin to keep your gut balanced and healthy.—
Angelina Villa-Clarke,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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With a relationship dating to 1970, the tandem built a balanced, rhythmic symmetry that accommodated any type of flourish or alteration.—
Bob Gendron,
Chicago Tribune,
20 July 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 29 Jul. 2025.
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