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relative

adjective as in pertinent, applicable

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Kirtley has a relative, she said, who shuts down any familial fact-checking by stating, “ ‘I have other sources of information than you do.’”

To the researchers' surprise, the spatial composition of the intestine -- the relative location of various cell types and the genes they express -- remained relatively stable when certain factors changed.

According to the fossil record, cetaceans -- whales, dolphins and their relatives -- evolved from four-legged land mammals that returned to the oceans beginning some 50 million years ago.

On Thursday, the inquiry’s chair, Baroness Hallett, had to occasionally interrupt the hearing to tell bereaved families in the public gallery - some of whom were clearly highly emotional - to lower photographs of their deceased relatives.

From BBC

It is estimated about 900 parents with school-age children die in Northern Ireland each year, but some pupils will also lose grandparents and other relatives.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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