relative to

Example Sentences

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It will “buy stocks that are cheap relative to their fundamentals,” according to its website.

From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026

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

“We’re not in a state of the world at the moment where financial conditions are very tight relative to history,” Adrian said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

With the results from this base regression, it is possible to plot the annualized returns by seller age relative to returns of those ages 36 to 45.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026

There is a sense in which it is acceptable to describe the Earth as the centre of the Universe, and to make all measurements relative to the Earth.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin