relative
Example Sentences
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Tensions have reignited in the region after months of relative calm.
From BBC • Jun. 30, 2026
“The relative moves across the group suggest to us that the SpaceX/Charter story looms large,” BNP Paribas analysts noted of the declines among Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile.
From Barron's • Jun. 30, 2026
U.S. households are significantly more exposed to stocks than in the past couple of decades, for example, both relative to their wealth and their income.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026
Authorities know that it can only slow the yen’s relative decline, rather than reversing the long-term trend, Turner said.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 30, 2026
In this dispute the question of the relative merits of ancient and modern science was at first entirely secondary.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing relative
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