relative to

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Children also have higher respiratory rates than adults, as well as larger lung surface area relative to their body size, resulting in higher doses of pollution per breath.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Analyst Takayuki Hara also cites the Japanese company’s structural growth in Japan’s rent-guarantee market, a tailwind from rent inflation, and attractive P/E and dividend yield relative to peers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

ABS uses tracking technology — 12 Hawk-Eye cameras — to determine the precise location of a pitch relative to a batter’s specific strike zone.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

The trial also demonstrated improvement relative to a placebo.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

The outermost sphere carried the so-called fixed stars, which always stay in the same positions relative to each other but which rotate together across the sky.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking