relative
Example Sentences
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It will “buy stocks that are cheap relative to their fundamentals,” according to its website.
From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026
One of those headwinds is that “a compelling show” can be a relative term.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
From time to time I’ll make an exception and settle into a relative page-turner: nothing with cliffhangers or lots of hand-to-hand combat, mind you, but with a brisker narrative pace.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
This shift alters how the atoms interact with one another through dipolar exchange, which depends on their relative angles.
From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 2026
The relative calm inside the White House soon turned to panic.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
Vocabulary lists containing relative
Hatchet
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A Graduation Lexicon
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Measurement and Data, List 1
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