relative to

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“And I think what people miss about that is these companies were so cheap relative to what you could make out of them that it didn’t make any difference what oil did,” he said.

From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026

This latter figure helps put the first one in context, showing exactly how large it is relative to a given lookback period.

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

Besides on-arrival visas, affordability is a key factor behind the outperformance of these countries relative to Goa.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

China runs bigger budget deficits relative to economic output than the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Using this procedure, observers who are moving relative to each other will assign different times and positions to the same event.

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