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pertain

[per-tayn] / pərˈteɪn /


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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

Budget reconciliation is governed by strict rules, enforced by a strict parliamentarian, requiring that reconciliation items pertain to taxes and spending.

From Slate ● Mar. 24, 2026

Today we learn words that pertain to going to the doctor.

From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson

The concept of "associate membership", he added, is something that is not clearly understood as it pertains to Canada.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

In an interview, Isen’s attorney, Patrick Egan, denied any conspiratorial behavior and “any allegations of fraud as it pertains to Warhol prints.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

The first executive order pertains to the development of what a senior White House official calls “the first-ever quantum computer powerful enough for scientific research.”

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 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

Select loose, upbeat, uplifting music, or music that pertains in some way to the course or topic that day.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

“This does not seem to be consistent with some of the stated aims of the RBA review as it pertained to transparency around decision making.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026

Most of these concerns pertained to last year, too, yet the market rose.

From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 2026

Everyone had a different anecdote that pertained to their own careers.

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2024

His wife Bushra Bibi had been on remand during the trial - which pertained to allegations the couple had illegally sold state gifts they'd received for personal profit.

From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2024

Before I went to college, I packed the boxes that pertained to my foster care history.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter

The agency "does not divulge protected, sensitive, or classified information pertaining to the termination of legal status of foreign nationals", state department spokesman Tommy Pigott said in a statement.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

What Bessent didn’t offer was a concrete framework for how those principles should translate into specific investment decisions and guardrails pertaining to them.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 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

Pacific Reign referred questions pertaining to Ohashi to the same agency.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026

Black newspapers—unabashedly partisan on issues pertaining to the Negro—refused to censor themselves, despite the federal government’s threat to level sedition charges against them.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly


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