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pertinent

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Hosts can enter takeout orders in the app, along with pertinent information such as whether the order was submitted online or over the phone, and the type of car to facilitate curbside pickup.

She also suggested the revelations aren’t pertinent because they came before she ran for Congress.

As children, I think things can be around you, but you really just retain the information that feels pertinent or important to you.

From Ozy

They usually also display a pertinent image alongside or above the text.

The histories of slavery and racism in the United States have never been more pertinent.

From Time

Usually Mom would doze off at this point, opening an eye to catch only what she found pertinent.

Cesar Chavez touches on a lot of issues that are still pertinent today, like labor unions, nonviolent protest, etc.

The Dalai Lama regaled the crowd with stories, not all pertinent to the subject at hand.

And there is, by pure chance, a very pertinent and current comparison to be made between two Boeing models, the 787 and the 777.

Your novel spans 150 years, but given the drawdown in Afghanistan it feels particularly pertinent to the present day.

Barrington's perceptions seemed to grow clearer, and he asked a few pertinent questions before he nodded approbation.

I gave my mother the lower berth, and then the question became pertinent how was I to scramble into the upper one.

But the case of Terrett v. Taylor, before cited, is of all others most pertinent to the present argument.

I wave, as not pertinent in this place, all that could be said in qualification of the alleged excellence of paternal government.

Such extravagance of expression and relaxation of official tone has no pertinent cause, and is at least noteworthy.

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On this page you'll find 60 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to pertinent, such as: admissible, applicable, appropriate, germane, opportune, and related.

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

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