relative

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As others spent their Thanksgiving holiday with blood relatives at the dinner table, this particular gathering was dubbed “Leather Thanksgiving” — a celebration of chosen family, cobbled together from various corners of L.A.’s queer nightlife.

From Los Angeles Times

When households consume that little relative to what the economy produces, the extra output has to go somewhere.

From Barron's

Those groups must be positioned with the correct orientation, or stereochemistry, relative to the rest of the molecule.

From Science Daily

West Ham's appointment of Guarino, a relative unknown in England, is a bold move.

From BBC

Its host star is bright, the brown dwarf sits at an ideal position, and at the Roman Coronagraph's operating wavelengths it will appear faint enough relative to its star to properly evaluate the new technology.

From Science Daily