relative
Example Sentences
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In non-remote roles, young graduates’ relative unemployment rate ticked up in 2020 but returned to baseline soon afterward, the research found.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
On the daily chart, Walmart continues to show strong relative performance versus the XLP, as seen in the steadily rising ratio chart.
From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026
The strategy can benefit from a gradual decline in price and/or an increase in back-month implied volatility relative to front-month volatility.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026
Eventually, they flew her to Ahmedabad under the pretext of visiting a sick relative.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 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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