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If the system were followed for twenty years without correction, religious festivals would shift by almost four weeks relative to the seasons.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

Each cat had a BFA profile defined by the combination and relative abundance of the different fatty acids.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

Turkey’s stock market is a relative minnow compared with larger, developed markets, with a total market capitalization of around $400 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Another relative, whose 17-year-old brother was among those who died, said the family had visited him during his detention and questioned how a disease could have killed so many detainees without apparently affecting their guards.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Madison was forced to sell some of Montpelier’s enslaved workers to a relative, who moved them to Louisiana.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

But relatives had some concerns about his weight, estimating the boy to be about 200 pounds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

Insurance companies will ask about family history, including whether relatives have suffered from dementia, and at what age; ditto for heart disease, among other age-related diseases.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

"All of that is going to cost more money but remember the toll that this condition is taking at the moment, both on the people affected by dementia themselves and their relatives," the professor said.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

She thanked emergency crews for their response and offered condolences to the relatives and friends of those who died in both the bus collision and helicopter crash.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

My great-great-grandparents emigrated to America at the turn of the twentieth century; any relatives of mine who died in the Holocaust were cousins of ancestors I never knew.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman