commensurate
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We are both millennials who watched our friends follow what they assumed was the path to success: Move to a big city and earn a salary commensurate with a higher cost of living.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
Employment did not fall in any measure commensurate with the price increases.
From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026
Bahrain had brought a resolution that, according to the final draft seen by AFP, greenlights member states to use "all defensive means necessary and commensurate with the circumstances."
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
Americans and others in the developed world also have exploited efficiencies in power use that have allowed major economies to grow without creating commensurate demands for electrical power.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026
Her salary, commensurate with her ability and skill and twenty years’ teaching experience, should have been $50,000 a year.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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