- present participle of pertain.
pertaining
Example Sentences
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She asked to receive copies of communications between reporters and university employees pertaining to herself and to Belichick.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
The lawyers' letter stated that the report was "the product of an in-depth journalistic investigations and is based on sources pertaining to an issue of paramount public importance".
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
What Bessent didn’t offer was a concrete framework for how those principles should translate into specific investment decisions and guardrails pertaining to them.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
Pacific Reign referred questions pertaining to Ohashi to the same agency.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
Black newspapers—unabashedly partisan on issues pertaining to the Negro—refused to censor themselves, despite the federal government’s threat to level sedition charges against them.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
