relative

Example Sentences

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Last year, the whole family flew to San Francisco to visit relatives, and tacked on a trip to Lake Tahoe.

From The Wall Street Journal

But the Dow remains a bastion of balance and relative stability in a market that according to some analysts has become overly concentrated in one industry and one small cluster of stocks.

From The Wall Street Journal

The researchers concluded that billionaires in the United States pay less in taxes, relative to income, than the average American.

From Los Angeles Times

The family of four shared a single room at a relative’s house for the first year.

From Los Angeles Times

Tom Malinowski, a relative moderate who previously served two terms in Congress, was the heavy favorite and led in the early and mail-in voting.

From The Wall Street Journal