pertain
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No allegations are known to pertain to the improper access of customer information.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
The proposed changes pertain to a 2023 rule designed to tamp down NOx -- shorthand for nitric oxide and nitrogen dioxide -- from truck tailpipes, beginning with model year 2027.
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
All of these estate-planning documents pertain to adults over the age of 18, so Trust & Will’s survey starts with Generation Z, whose members are now between the ages of 16 and 29.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 14, 2026
Name, image, and likeness, or NIL, laws usually pertain to the rights of individuals, particularly student-athletes, to profit from their personal brand.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2024
Rather, the lessons this life has planted in my heart pertain more to caring than to crops, more to Golden Rule than gold, more to the proper choice than to the popular choice.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
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It only pertains to new EVs with a manufacturer’s suggested retail price of $50,000 or less and used EVs sold through a manufacturer’s pre-owned vehicle program at $25,000 or less.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
An aspect that’s similar between Bertei’s accounts and Andy Beta’s storytelling about Alice Coltrane is that Bertei is unflinchingly honest but does not offer judgment unless it pertains to herself.
From Salon ● Apr. 14, 2026
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
The concept of uncertainty pertains to scientists’ ability to describe the properties of a particle.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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Federal prosecutors in the state capital of Sacramento were handling the investigations, one of which pertained to Newsom's wife's taxes, and another related to Newsom's former chief of staff, the individual said.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
The November batch of Epstein estate emails included messages between Ruemmler and Epstein where the subject matter pertained to meetings with government officials and other high profile figures, and also personal matters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 2026
Every other question during the 45 minutes the agent stood onstage pertained to the hiring process or what we could expect in training.
From Slate ● Jan. 13, 2026
Most of these concerns pertained to last year, too, yet the market rose.
From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 2026
She also cited the section of the New York Constitution that pertained to voting, which said nothing about sex qualification.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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The evidence, pertaining to both Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol agents, was turned over in expedited discovery ordered by U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
The Academies claims its report is “relevant to policy and legal decisions pertaining to climate change and liability for losses sustained as a result of extreme weather and climate events.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
Pitt’s legal team previously attempted to depose Stoli executive Alexey Oliynik in 2025, claiming that he had relevant information pertaining to the Jolie deal.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026
In an earlier interview with Barron’s, Oklo CEO Jacob DeWitte styled fuel access as one of the “big unlocks” that “takes away one of the biggest challenges” pertaining to nuclear development.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
Dr. Strayer said he’d published more than fifty articles in major scientific journals, around twenty of them on issues pertaining to driving impairment, attention and distraction behind the wheel.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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