relative
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The strikes come nearly a week after renewed attacks between the US and Iran, which followed a month of relative calm between the warring sides.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
“BRP appears to be gaining market share across segments, and appears to have limited its tariff exposure relative to prior expectations,” Morrison adds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
A third issue is that rising bond yields of late have squeezed equity valuations, making bonds increasingly attractive relative to stocks and bringing technical models close to a sell equities/buy bonds signal.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
"Hurry up and come back, your parents miss you a lot, we need you," one woman wrote on a popular platform, posting an image of her relative, a police officer, and his wife.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
But if you take a few steps in any direction, until you reach the edge of the stationary platform, then the relative position of the horses will appear to change all the time.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
"How can we, blood relatives, not know of the child, and the prime minister says he knows? That is totally out of order," the clan member added.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Bonnetheads are small relatives of hammerhead sharks and are the only shark species known to show clear sex based differences in head shape.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
At first glance, stromatolites and their close relatives, microbial mats, can look like little more than dark, ancient rocks.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
Nepal police began collecting DNA samples from relatives this week to build a database for identifying bodies, while families overseas will be able to submit samples in their home countries.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
I’m a bad mouse, he thought, filled with gloom and guilt. l am a rotten rodent, not my relatives.
From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary
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