relative to
Example Sentences
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The Mariners haven’t quite gone to those lengths with Raleigh, but relative to the league, his drop has been worse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
The company did continue to “face headwinds” from international attendance at U.S.-based parks, but said that trend has “moderated” relative to the effect seen in the fiscal second quarter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
A higher P/E suggests that investors expect strong future earnings growth, although it can also mean that a stock is expensive relative to its current earnings.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
That trade has since unwound dramatically, leaving growth more than two standard deviations oversold relative to value, partly because of the recent blowup of the AI-focused hedge fund Situational Awareness.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
For this reason, Egyptian religious holidays had a tendency to slip backward relative to the seasons.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
