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[rel-uh-tiv] / ˈrɛl ə tɪv /




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Additionally, Wise’s high-quality infrastructure, price-cutting strategy and relative scale advantage should help the company to reduce its costs and prices to a level that its competitors will struggle to match, they say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

After the wedding, Kayley was supposed to go to Turkey on her honeymoon, and stay in a flat owned by a relative of her former fiancé.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Figure 2 shows how a worker’s claiming age affects their benefit relative to the amount available at the full retirement age of 67.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

Human metabolomic data showed the most pronounced relative decline in phosphatidylcholine levels among women around the time of menopause.

From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026

Matthew claimed he was a family friend through one of his uncles—or might even be a distant relative; he himself wasn’t quite clear on the details.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo




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