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
“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
“Why didn’t we use the time that PPP bought us to design the kind of program that would be commensurate with the national challenge that we’re facing?”
From Seattle Times • Sep. 1, 2020
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 Hare, Augustus J. C.
