relative to
Example Sentences
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Planned capital spending this year is larger relative to its market value or revenue compared with Google’s parent, Alphabet, Microsoft or Amazon.com.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
On the daily chart, Goldman Sachs has been a steady outperformer relative to peers, as reflected in its ratio chart versus the XLF over the past year.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
These erratic financial operations which are very large relative to Ireland's domestic economy thus generate heightened volatility in national and European statistics.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
This structure could exaggerate overtime claims relative to expectations in two ways.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026
The outermost sphere carried the so-called fixed stars, which always stay in the same positions relative to each other but which rotate together across the sky.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
