commensurate kəˈmɛnsərɪt adjective
: corresponding in size, degree or extent; proportionate
The word commensurate has appeared in 117 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on Oct. 18 in “People Need Clean Air. To Get It, They Need Clear Data,” by Preeti Jha:
But data alone is not enough to improve air quality, said Tanushree Ganguly, the Delhi-based director of the University of Chicago’s Air Quality Life Index program. The leap in monitoring across the world hasn’t led to “commensurate declines in pollution levels,” she said. Ms. Ganguly’s work centers on making A.Q.I. data tangible, showing how air pollution affects life expectancy. The program’s latest report estimated that air pollution in Delhi shortened the lives of residents by around eight years.
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