relative
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“Another way to illustrate relative performance of the yen is via the EUR/JPY cross, which is well below the 187 level where authorities intervened the last two rounds,” Keshvani adds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Skew in this instance measures how much extra premium traders pay for puts relative to calls.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
Officials said the animal was being kept at the home of a relative of Vikram in Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu state.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Management’s strategy of locking in sale contracts early while vessels are still under construction also reduces execution risk relative to spot-market resale, she says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
The relative size of the spheres and the extent of their displacement with regard to each other determines the size of the zone of dry land.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Sandoval sat forward as his victims’ relatives spoke, looking toward the L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
"Our relatives were swept in another direction and they sank because we were not in a position to help them," he said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
Butts, whose role as Independent Public Advocate was created following campaigns by Hillsborough families, said too many bereaved relatives still had to become campaigners, investigators and experts simply to uncover the truth.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
“We are family,” she once told her Chinese relatives, “but that doesn’t mean we are from the same country.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
He doesn’t look like he could break a tree in half like some of his relatives, but he could snap a big branch.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
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