relative to
Example Sentences
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This structure could exaggerate overtime claims relative to expectations in two ways.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026
Alphabet also said on that call that it expects capital expenditures to “significantly increase” in 2027 relative to 2026.
From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026
“It’s all relative to what they represent to the court.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
The material is made by stacking two sheets of carbon and rotating one slightly relative to the other.
From Science Daily • May 29, 2026
He could hop onto it and trek right on back to the RV, which, relative to his present surroundings, is the world’s lushest palace full of what Dad would call “first-world luxuries.”
From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone
