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pertinent

[pur-tn-uhnt] / ˈpɜr tn ənt /


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AI might be pertinent to the rest of the companies, too, Colas added, but not to their immediate financial results.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026

“The relevance of store comps, I think, is not as pertinent as it was a decade ago,” said Walmart Chief Financial Officer John David Rainey.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

For most of Sunday afternoon the most pertinent question appeared to be if anyone could catch the unfancied Yealimi Noh.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026

By being both uniquely pertinent and terrifying, it’s fair to say that “The Exorcist” is not just a horror classic, but an all-time classic in the history of cinema.

From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026

No less pertinent is that there is just something deeply and unquestionably wrong about killing an animal that is so sweetly and dopily unassuming as a moose.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson




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