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
“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
"I do not want to give you today the level of investment, but it will be commensurate to what the U.S. wants to put in," European Industry Commissioner Thierry Breton told journalists.
From Reuters ● Jan. 28, 2022
Sorrow is a mighty force, and its fruit ought to be commensurate: we sow truly in tears, but the reaping in joy is, I believe, reserved for another state.
From Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 by Augustus J. C. Hare
