relative

Example Sentences

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“I want to meet our other relatives and have . . . have cousins! And aunties! And, like, learn about our tribe! Go see the cultural center! Be . . . part of things!”

From Literature

At least eight children who were evacuated from Gaza as premature babies in the early weeks of the war, have returned from Egypt and been reunited with their relatives.

From BBC

The trial also demonstrated improvement relative to a placebo.

From Barron's

“We worked like a security service,” Al-Saadi recalled, explaining how 20 relatives formed three teams to collect whatever images and information they could.

From Los Angeles Times

"One of the reasons there has been a relative lull in the past month is the fact that such vaccinations have been carried out on a large scale," the expert told AFP.

From Barron's