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

The time has come for you to start enjoying your lives in a way that is commensurate with your substantial savings.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

A sixth and final draft, seen by AFP, greenlights member states -- either unilaterally or as "voluntary multinational naval partnerships" -- to use "all defensive means necessary and commensurate with the circumstances."

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

The basic idea is these computers are now advancing technology and processing time and speed at an arc that is not commensurate with the arc of technological advancement over the past 100 years.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

In interviews here, my previous findings were confirmed: with the exception of those trained in professions where they can set up independent practice, they can find jobs commensurate with their education only outside the South.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin