relative
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Dow Industrials trading near the very round 50,000 level is beginning to resemble a potential double top relative to the February peak.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
Liberal Party Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price said Kumanjayi Little Baby was a relative of hers, and broke down in Parliament, pleading for an "honest conversation" about the failures of child protection.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
China runs bigger budget deficits relative to economic output than the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
That means equities are no longer cheap relative to bonds.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
Instead of using Leah’s name, the book spurned her as, “The relative … in whose house Miss Fox was then living.”
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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Hatchet
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Measurement and Data, List 1
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