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pertinent

[pur-tn-uhnt] / ˈpɜr tn ənt /


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Gather all the login credentials for your accounts, including banking and bills, as well as any other pertinent information someone might need to know to make sure everything is paid or transferred properly.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

With the French Open starting on Sunday, there are two pertinent questions as far as the men's singles is concerned.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

As pertinent as stupidity is another human tendency, to be unable to remain permanently on high alert.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

It feels especially pertinent in a new era of maxx eating.

From Salon • May 7, 2026

The most pertinent consideration about the incognitum, however, was that it appeared to be extinct–a fact that Buffon cheerfully seized upon as proof of its incontestably degenerate nature.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson




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