relative
Example Sentences
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While his comment makes sense, it’s all relative.
From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026
After their rental in North Carolina was condemned, the daughter said, they came with her husband and brother to Los Angeles to live with a relative, only to be rebuffed.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
"With additional observations of this planet, we could establish the relative abundance of these various gases in its atmosphere," Hu said.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2026
They laid out a devastating case that Europe is losing its mojo relative to America.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
There is a sense in which it is acceptable to describe the Earth as the centre of the Universe, and to make all measurements relative to the Earth.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
Vocabulary lists containing relative
Hatchet
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Measurement and Data, List 1
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