relative
Example Sentences
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Surely, the inventors of the game had won 10-0—not lost to a bunch of relative amateurs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
Brazil’s output in the first four months of the year, for example, rose by 800,000 barrels a day relative to a year before.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
That’s key; it means these companies, theoretically, are under-earning relative to their potential—and appear positioned to deliver enough pricing power to offset any rising product costs.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
The Baron funds appear to have boosted the value of their SpaceX preferred by a similar percentage relative to the March 31 valuations.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
Its tranquil beauty mocked the relative prosperity peasant families had enjoyed for centuries, before the dam was built.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
Vocabulary lists containing relative
Hatchet
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Measurement and Data, List 1
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