relative to

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“The baseline divorce rate in my sample is only around 4%, so this represents a large relative increase of about 50% to 60% relative to the baseline mean,” Nguyen said.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

They laid out a devastating case that Europe is losing its mojo relative to America.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

At trial, Musk told jurors that his AI start up xAI was small relative to OpenAI which is also expected to sell shares to the public imminently.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

“And I think what people miss about that is these companies were so cheap relative to what you could make out of them that it didn’t make any difference what oil did,” he said.

From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026

Consumed by fear and ill health, she gave her third child, Anna, to a relative to be raised.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann