relatively
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The Bureau of Street Lighting, with 177 employees and a relatively modest budget of $49.4 million, would seem an unlikely player in the broader debate over police surveillance.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
It’s usually used to suggest traders may be fooled by a relatively small retracement of a big market dive.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
International funds had been outpacing their U.S. counterparts, but now the rivals are relatively even so far for the year.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
"We look at this similarly to what happened with Belgium's golden generation a few years ago - a relatively small nation that simply bleeds football," said Korssund.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
The center had all of the trappings of a high-security prison, and its inmates were incarcerated there for relatively long periods.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
Vocabulary lists containing relatively
Britain's Finest Hour Speech - Winston Churchill (1940)
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -ly
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"Shakespeare's Life"
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