germane
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Speaking on behalf of the administration isn’t practicing law, so it’s unclear why whiffing the bar is germane, much less a firing offense.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
Before 2008, the size of the Fed’s balance sheet wasn’t germane to monetary policy.
From Barron's ● Jan. 23, 2026
Are these kings’ squabbles with the British Parliament over “tonnage and poundage duties” especially germane to the meaning of the U.S.
From Slate ● May 16, 2024
Tate’s trajectory is lurid and gross, but the references to him are more symbolically than specifically germane to the movie.
From New York Times ● Mar. 21, 2024
A point that Aristotle makes that is particularly germane here is that arguments are made from accepted premises—“and many accepted premises are mutually contradictory.”
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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