relative
Example Sentences
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Mr. Brown notes that historians routinely place Roosevelt fourth among presidential greats, after Abraham Lincoln, George Washington and TR’s distant relative Franklin Roosevelt.
Also, Somaliland, home to roughly six million people, enjoys relative peace and stability.
From BBC
A relative of Joshua's in Nigeria, who asked not to be named, told the BBC that news of the crash came as a "shock" to the family.
From BBC
Microsoft’s relative cheapness — the stock now has a lower forward P/E than Apple’s stock — stands out to the analysts there.
From MarketWatch
Since COVID, people who have money are really trying to treat their friends and relatives to something special.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
