pertinence
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“Those are timeless issues, and obviously they have a certain pertinence today in the United States of America.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2026
What’s more, they’re intimately knowledgeable of history, able to yank references from the past and stress their pertinence to our present.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2025
The Reds' failed bid four years ago will be of most pertinence to the Gunners, given it was Manchester City, Arsenal's closest title rivals, who overhauled them.
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2023
No one is questioning the legality or pertinence of allowing divergent viewpoints.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 15, 2022
They were about the same in other towns, but the Salinas Row has a pertinence to this telling.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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