relative to

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In other words, the fund aims to more or less match the sector-by-sector makeup of the U.S. stock market, but within those sectors skews toward stocks that look cheap relative to their industry peers.

From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026

The Globalstar deal may seem trivial relative to Amazon’s size, but it represents an “important signal” that Amazon is committed to space.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Chatterjee wrote that Corning stock’s current valuation “creates a challenging execution hurdle relative to the earnings expectation now being embedded by the buyside to justify such a lofty premium.”

From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026

“We’re not in a state of the world at the moment where financial conditions are very tight relative to history,” Adrian said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

Using this procedure, observers who are moving relative to each other will assign different times and positions to the same event.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking