germane

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It’s a germane question not only because Mr. Rubio presumably wants one day to be the party’s standard-bearer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

Before 2008, the size of the Fed’s balance sheet wasn’t germane to monetary policy.

From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026

Are these kings’ squabbles with the British Parliament over “tonnage and poundage duties” especially germane to the meaning of the U.S.

From Slate • May 16, 2024

Tate’s trajectory is lurid and gross, but the references to him are more symbolically than specifically germane to the movie.

From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2024

Any sound that was not germane to the night would make them alert.

From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck