be commensurate
Example Sentences
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"This stemmed from relatively low salaries across the sector, which were not considered to be commensurate with the responsibilities, and qualification requirements for their roles," it said.
From BBC • Jun. 23, 2023
Someone’s need to know classified information was supposed to be commensurate with their degree of access to it, recalled several former senior intelligence officials.
From Washington Post • Apr. 14, 2023
“Our policy should be commensurate with the state of our scientific knowledge,” he told the House energy and power subcommittee in 1989.
From New York Times • Jul. 22, 2022
All measures should be commensurate with the risk, time-limited and applied with respect to travellers' rights, it said.
From Reuters • Nov. 30, 2021
The labourer ought, in their eyes, to be treated as a public servant, and his sick pay and his pension ought both to be commensurate with the claims and dignity of honest labour.
From Contemporary Socialism by Rae, John
