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relatively

[rel-uh-tiv-lee] / ˈrɛl ə tɪv li /


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Coupling climate and ice sheet models is still a relatively new and complex approach, but it allows scientists to capture interactions between different parts of the Earth system more realistically.

From Science Daily • Apr. 7, 2026

If the robot only needs to do a repetitive task - the kind it might do at that Chongqing car factory - it only needs a relatively simple robot brain.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

Japan and Iran have historically had relatively friendly relations.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

That gives high-yield bonds a relatively high degree of “yield support” in the event of rising default risk, says Pimco’s Karoui.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Yet there is often a weak correlation between degrees of explicit and implicit bias; many people who think they are not biased prove when tested to have relatively high levels of bias.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander