relative to

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The chart above shows that, in the span of a year, silver has gone from being very cheap, relative to gold, to very expensive.

From MarketWatch

Latin America is underpenetrated in e-commerce relative to the rest of the globe.

From Barron's

We are private investors in Revolut, a fintech company dominating the market in Europe, and the same things that attracted us there attract us here: a common technology platform, low cost to serve customers, and a data advantage relative to incumbent banks with high cost structures.

From Barron's

In the midyear Roundtable, I talked about how attractive utilities were relative to staples stocks in 2025.

From Barron's

Properties such as particle energy, velocity, and even the orientation of spin relative to motion can follow strict geometric patterns.

From Science Daily