relative
Example Sentences
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“It is therefore likely that a resumption of balance-sheet reduction warrants additional reductions in the federal-funds rate relative to baseline projections,” he said.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 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
Even before then, the lithium miner had been a relative outperformer.
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
You can begin practicing harmonic analysis by practicing identifying whether a piece is in the major key or in its relative minor.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
Vocabulary lists containing relative
Hatchet
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Measurement and Data, List 1
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