relative
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So when your relative calls claiming they’ve been kidnapped, you’ll know to hang up if they can’t name your first pet.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 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
Semiconductors and hardware have outperformed during the rally, they say, with semiconductors hitting a new relative strength high and hardware trading near a two-year high, even as software remains weak.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026
But with its valuation near a 10-year low relative to the S&P 500, the concerns around Fair Isaac are already baked into the stock.
From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026
Suddenly Nate was an orphan with just one living relative in the world: the uncle that Papa had always hated.
From I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis
Vocabulary lists containing relative
Hatchet
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Measurement and Data, List 1
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