germane

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Pompeo’s argument for himself is that he has had presidentially germane government experience within institutions critical to coping with a world growing more dangerous.

From Washington Post

Instead, she asked lawyers for each side to clarify their position on four issues she said were germane to deciding Tao’s fate.

From Science Magazine

Their sanguine salutation seems germane, given the area’s geographic separation; the formidable length of its namesake 1917 bridge; and its storied, early concentration of work-seeking northern European immigrants who arrived by train.

From Seattle Times

Ms. Guilfoyle, a television personality who is engaged to Donald Trump Jr., met virtually with the committee’s staff investigators on Friday after she provided documents the committee described as “germane” to its inquiry.

From New York Times

The questions are just as germane to the experts most people look to for advice.

From Washington Post