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
Recently, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth censured Kelly, aiming to reduce his rank and its commensurate pension.
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Michael Szalma, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2026
Richardson said that Manns and Oberholtzer would be paid as senior patrol officers and have vacation time commensurate with their law enforcement tenure.
—Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2026
There are different tiers of tennis events, from 1000 (one rung beneath the Grand Slams) down to 500 and then 250, with commensurate ranking points and prize money.
—Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
The Vikings put a new quarterback under center and suffered the commensurate setbacks.
—Anthony Bettin, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2025
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Michael Szalma, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2026
Richardson said that Manns and Oberholtzer would be paid as senior patrol officers and have vacation time commensurate with their law enforcement tenure.
—Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2026
There are different tiers of tennis events, from 1000 (one rung beneath the Grand Slams) down to 500 and then 250, with commensurate ranking points and prize money.
—Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
The Vikings put a new quarterback under center and suffered the commensurate setbacks.
—Anthony Bettin, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for commensurate
Adjective
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There is a growing agreement among decision-makers in the WSL that success — or at least adequate survival in the top flight — is proportional to money spent.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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Wage rates roughly reflect productivity, and the lower wage rates of immigrants, particularly very recent immigrants, means that the decline in migration does not have proportional impact on the overall economy.—
Bill Conerly,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The unit reported 20 quarters of comparable sales growth under his leadership.—
Alexander Coolidge,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
9 Feb. 2026
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The result is that all the protons and electrons in the star are crushed into neutrons, and the mass of the incredibly dense object remains comparable to the sun, but the size is comparable to a city, as explained by NASA.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
9 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Microsoft saw a decrease in its proportionate ownership of OpenAI, yielding a dilution gain.—
Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
28 Jan. 2026
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The player declined the contract after being advised that this wasn’t proportionate.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
27 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Our affordability proposals will be part of a responsible, balanced budget because that’s what governing actually requires.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
11 Feb. 2026
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The festival is also on a solid footing for now, Tuttle says, having secured a balanced budget and around 60% of income self-generated through ticket sales, sponsorship and market activity.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
10 Feb. 2026
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 15 Feb. 2026.
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