relative
Example Sentences
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One of those headwinds is that “a compelling show” can be a relative term.
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
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
In turn, Germany was pushed to the edge of starvation, despite its relative food self-sufficiency, because Britain’s counter-blockade worsened the domestic fact that horses and farmers were sent from grainfields to the battlefields.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
Babci embraced Olka, calling her bubaleh, a Yiddish term of endearment one would use for a relative.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
Vocabulary lists containing relative
Hatchet
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Measurement and Data, List 1
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