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
On the one hand, the Captain’s acquiescence to the in-house rules kept YES Network in the loop and provided the Yankees’ RSN with all the soundbites and on-camera appearances that are commensurate with superstar status.
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 5 Feb. 2025
How is that possibly commensurate with that talent?
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 4 Feb. 2025
Factors behind the potential bump for tax refunds include the Internal Revenue Service’s move to expand the tax bracket thresholds by about 5% in 2024, along with a commensurate increase in the standard deduction, said Chris Senyek, chief investment strategist at Wolfe, in a Friday report.
—Darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 24 Jan. 2025
That's an undeniably big bump, one that's roughly commensurate with the increase in the number of CUDA cores.
—Ars Technica, 24 Jan. 2025
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 5 Feb. 2025
How is that possibly commensurate with that talent?
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 4 Feb. 2025
Factors behind the potential bump for tax refunds include the Internal Revenue Service’s move to expand the tax bracket thresholds by about 5% in 2024, along with a commensurate increase in the standard deduction, said Chris Senyek, chief investment strategist at Wolfe, in a Friday report.
—Darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 24 Jan. 2025
That's an undeniably big bump, one that's roughly commensurate with the increase in the number of CUDA cores.
—Ars Technica, 24 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for commensurate
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Reform strategists are eyeing next year’s elections for the Welsh Parliament, or Senedd, under a proportional voting system that is much more favorable to small parties than the one used for British general elections.—
Stephen Castle,
New York Times,
14 Feb. 2025
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The tariffs would be proportional to the tariffs individual countries place on inported American goods.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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Pew previously conducted two similar studies in 2007 and 2014 using a different methodology than the current study; some measures in the poll are not comparable to previous studies.—
Jennifer Agiesta,
CNN,
26 Feb. 2025
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That slightly positive metric ended eight consecutive quarters of comparable sales declines.—
Melissa Repko,
CNBC,
26 Feb. 2025
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In the trial that followed, Hallam argued that the action was a proportionate response to the climate crisis.—
Anna Russell,
The New Yorker,
7 Feb. 2025
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The hourglass is considered voluptuous because the hip and bust appear larger, but a slim and small-framed person can also have this body type. Strengths of the hourglass body shape People with the hourglass body shape are said to have the most proportionate body type.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Feb. 2025
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This ensures that every coaching session stays focused on your growth, not on trying to maintain a balanced exchange.—
Kevin Kruse,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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The White House leader had nevertheless previously signaled that a deal could be worked out with Britain, which has a much more balanced trading relationship with the U.S. — CNBC’s Silvia Amaro contributed reporting to this story.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
27 Feb. 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 12 Mar. 2025.
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