relative

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“Together, they were building a future and excited to welcome their baby boy into this world,” a relative wrote in a GoFundMe post.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

The real-estate firm uses criteria that includes how quickly homes sell, share of homes that sold above the list price and job growth relative to new supply.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Still, the current time period is a relative anomaly.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

United's relative lack of games - they are currently in a stretch of 23 days without one - means rotation is a choice rather than a necessity.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

This means the substituted chord is the relative minor of the tonic chord.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones