pertinent
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“And I think that’s the realization: There’s a lot of joy in getting rid of what is unnecessary and is not pertinent anymore.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
“He has an ability to weigh the pros and cons and all the pertinent issues.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
I only posit that it’s important to understand art — especially contentious art about pertinent crises — on a cellular level to learn what it, and our responses to it, can teach us.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
Discussions on England's future is pertinent given the biennial Women's Under-20s World Cup is ongoing in Poland.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
The causes were many, in his telling, but two of them seemed especially pertinent: Ales Hrdlicka and the overkill hypothesis.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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