How to Use commensurate in a Sentence

commensurate

adjective
  • Her new position came with a commensurate level of responsibility.
  • Not as complex as a Saint-Émilion cru, but with commensurate fresh lightness.
    Tom Mullen, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
  • The scope and tenor of his vision seem commensurate with the task at hand.
    Star Tribune, 18 Jan. 2021
  • That said, the risk might be commensurate with the reward.
    Mark Goodman, The Denver Post, 12 July 2019
  • There are no scenes in the book commensurate with the show’s scenes of moral turmoil.
    Nan Z. Da, Vulture, 3 Apr. 2024
  • But the levels of play and pay are not commensurate any longer.
    Mark Deeks, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2023
  • As a result, the yield on debt has jumped at a commensurate rate.
    Vidhura S. Tennekoon, Fortune, 14 Mar. 2023
  • But if justice is the goal, then the consequences have to be commensurate with the crime.
    Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Aug. 2020
  • The group provides gift cards commensurate with the weapons turned over.
    Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Here’s the main thing: As a matter of pride, players like to be paid commensurate with their peers.
    Susan Slusser, SFChronicle.com, 22 Nov. 2019
  • The rate of return should always be commensurate with the amount of risk involved.
    Andrew Schena, Forbes, 7 June 2021
  • The Giants will have to make room for him on the 40-man roster; a commensurate move is expected to make space.
    Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 July 2022
  • Unlike a record player—or the reel-to-reel tape player—the boom box was both portable and commensurate with the scale and the volume of the city.
    Jon Michaud, The New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2023
  • The color of the smoke is commensurate with burning metal, too.
    Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 29 June 2018
  • Plans to dole out $5 trillion in tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy and no commensurate cuts in spending will cause the deficit to balloon.
    Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 26 June 2024
  • Last year, for the first time since 2013, the city’s murder rate dropped just below what is deemed commensurate with civil war.
    Sean Williams, Rolling Stone, 22 May 2022
  • But on Monday, the deadliest day in Gaza since the 2014 war with Israel, the risks may not have seemed commensurate with the rewards.
    New York Times, 14 May 2018
  • There are no commensurate websites for women to stare at men’s thighs or crossed legs, let alone men’s feet or armpits.
    Dennis Prager, National Review, 23 Jan. 2018
  • This is commensurate with the plane’s location at that point.
    Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2018
  • The enormous stakes in the race so far have not been matched by commensurate public interest.
    Reid J. Epstein, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Partly, that's because many of these workers are on the job for weeks or months on end, then receive a commensurate amount of time off.
    Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 29 Nov. 2020
  • Be prepared to pay a commensurate price for a licensed stylist.
    Annie Blay, Allure, 6 Mar. 2024
  • But Democrats and Republicans alike seemed to grasp the enormity of the crisis and the need for a commensurate response.
    Matthew Desmond, The New York Review of Books, 28 Dec. 2023
  • This is their way of pushing back on the demands of long hours without pay that is commensurate with their efforts.
    Jack Kelly, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
  • It’s the kind of movie for which the enjoyment level is directly commensurate with the size of the audience.
    Mike Scott, NOLA.com, 26 Aug. 2020
  • Health scholars have long pointed out that the funding of WHO is not commensurate with the global role it is supposed to play.
    Jon Cohen, Science | AAAS, 14 Apr. 2020
  • If Chauvin and the others are not found guilty, Boyd said the nation should expect a response at least commensurate with the protests sparked by Floyd's death.
    Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2021
  • There may be a case to be made that a concentration of Guston’s work at the Met is commensurate with his achievement.
    Roberta Smith, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2023
  • The House has a rule that a tax cut cannot be passed without commensurate expenditure cuts.
    George Will, Twin Cities, 25 July 2019
  • Putin said the clarifications were carefully calibrated and commensurate with the modern military threats facing Russia.
    Reuters, NBC News, 25 Sep. 2024

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