relative

Example Sentences

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My adult children received a legacy from a relative they loved, and the overall taxes will be lower.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Usually it was your management record, and your relative success with the respective budgets you'd been given, that would seal the deal.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

“Together, they were building a future and excited to welcome their baby boy into this world,” a relative wrote in a GoFundMe post.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Futures markets have implied 40% price increases through the end of the year, relative to January.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

Its closest relative is the spectacled bear of South America.

From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh