pertains
Example Sentences
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This pertains mostly to business owners, but it also could apply to homeowners or to freelancers who use a car or other equipment.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026
Yet the weakest section of the memoir pertains to Mr. Junod’s grandmother—Lou’s mother—and her various misdeeds, including her peripheral involvement in a 1935 crime.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026
He said there would be a presence there “as it pertains to oil.”
From Barron's • Jan. 3, 2026
"I find it odd, to say the least, that the police chooses to withhold information that pertains to foreign citizens from respective embassies," he said.
From BBC • Feb. 7, 2025
I studied the floor and mumbled, “The analysis of how something about the census something interacts with the something and pertains to something.”
From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.