relative
Example Sentences
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“The probability of a prolonged conflict and oil prices surging back toward $100-plus a barrel has declined relative to where we were a month ago,” said Edward Jones’s Weimer.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 20, 2026
The market’s view of the relative riskiness of financing other lenders has meanwhile grown.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
A relative drove him to the airport, and he got there in time to make his 10:40 a.m. connection to Chicago.
From Slate • Apr. 19, 2026
“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
My uncle I had heard was dead—my only relative; ever since being made aware of his existence, I had cherished the hope of one day seeing him: now, I never should.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Vocabulary lists containing relative
Hatchet
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Measurement and Data, List 1
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