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relative

[rel-uh-tiv] / ˈrɛl ə tɪv /




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The Globalstar deal may seem trivial relative to Amazon’s size, but it represents an “important signal” that Amazon is committed to space.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Semiconductors and hardware have outperformed during the rally, they say, with semiconductors hitting a new relative strength high and hardware trading near a two-year high, even as software remains weak.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

All received bonuses of at least $100 million to defect from the PGA Tour, and Rahm, a relative latecomer to LIV Golf, received a reported $300- to $500-million bonus.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

In another unexpected result, the team identified DNA from Pterocarya, a relative of walnut believed to have vanished from north-western Europe about 400,000 years ago.

From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 2026

In stressing that facts are ‘established’, and that you have to learn how to establish them, I do not want to imply that they are subjective or culturally relative.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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