relative
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China runs bigger budget deficits relative to economic output than the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
Black and Hispanic doctors are underrepresented relative to their share of the population, according to a 2018 study by the Association of American Medical Colleges.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
In addition to carrying such a heavy weighting in the index, many semiconductor stocks are also trading near their historic extremes relative to important trend lines like the 200-day moving average.
From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026
Yet the team is relatively bearish in the short term on gold, which is richly valued relative to other inflation-sensitive assets.
From Barron's • May 13, 2026
What are the relative majors of the minor keys in Figure 4.18?
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
Vocabulary lists containing relative
Hatchet
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Measurement and Data, List 1
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