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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.