be commensurate
Example Sentences
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He acknowledged the target was "really stretching" but said nearly 180,000 children were in temporary accommodation and "any smaller target wouldn't be commensurate with the scale of the challenge".
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
“Federal judges, the courts are taking misconduct seriously and the punishments are going to be commensurate with the seriousness of the conduct.”
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 31, 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
The prerogatives of the Pope must be commensurate with the nature of the constitution which he has to uphold.
From The Faith of Our Fathers by James Gibbons
