germane
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It’s a germane question not only because Mr. Rubio presumably wants one day to be the party’s standard-bearer.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026
Before 2008, the size of the Fed’s balance sheet wasn’t germane to monetary policy.
From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026
Are these kings’ squabbles with the British Parliament over “tonnage and poundage duties” especially germane to the meaning of the U.S.
From Slate • May 16, 2024
Tate’s trajectory is lurid and gross, but the references to him are more symbolically than specifically germane to the movie.
From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2024
Any sound that was not germane to the night would make them alert.
From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck
Vocabulary lists containing germane
The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
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Grade 11, List 4
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The Pearl
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