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
That's an undeniably big bump, one that's roughly commensurate with the increase in the number of CUDA cores.
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Ars Technica, 24 Jan. 2025
Williams' level of play so far this year is more commensurate with that of a minimum player.
—Sam Vecenie, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
Frame cybersecurity discussions in terms of business risks and opportunities.
Demonstrate how security initiatives support organizational goals.
Compensation and Career Growth Trends
Despite taking on broader responsibilities, most CISOs do not see commensurate increases in compensation.
—Tony Bradley, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
But while revenues have been robust, critics say the DOT has not ramped up construction work at a commensurate pace.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 7 Jan. 2025
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Ars Technica, 24 Jan. 2025
Williams' level of play so far this year is more commensurate with that of a minimum player.
—Sam Vecenie, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
Frame cybersecurity discussions in terms of business risks and opportunities.
Demonstrate how security initiatives support organizational goals.
Compensation and Career Growth Trends
Despite taking on broader responsibilities, most CISOs do not see commensurate increases in compensation.
—Tony Bradley, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
But while revenues have been robust, critics say the DOT has not ramped up construction work at a commensurate pace.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 7 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for commensurate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for commensurate
Adjective
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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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And for this new hash table, the time required for worst-case queries and insertions is proportional to (log x)2 — far faster than x.—
Steve Nadis,
Quanta Magazine,
10 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Defenceman Larry Murphy is a nice comparable to Bouchard in this way.—
Allan Mitchell,
The Athletic,
14 Feb. 2025
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In the same period, in 2023, there were just 19 comparable real estate transactions.—
Madeline Fitzgerald,
Quartz,
13 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The Department of Education rescinded recent Title IX guidance that schools’ NIL payments to male and female athletes must be proportionate.—
Chris Branch,
The Athletic,
13 Feb. 2025
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The civil rights statute passed in 1972 mandates schools that receive federal monies provide opportunities and resources for both male and female athletes that are proportionate to their representations in student bodies.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
13 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Buyers will benefit from increasing inventories, suggesting a more balanced market, but demand continues to outstrip supply, so sellers will still have the advantage, Young said.—
Ruth Thompson,
USA TODAY,
16 Feb. 2025
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All-purpose fertilizers for evergreens Products labeled specifically for hollies, azaleas, and evergreen shrubs are low in nitrogen and have a balanced NPK ratio (4-3-4).—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
15 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 22 Feb. 2025.
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