relative
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“Today we’re experiencing lower winds and higher relative humidity, so we’re seeing reduced fire behavior,” said Dowd.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
He is now reportedly in the care of a relative and enrolled at a different school.
From BBC • May 21, 2026
“And you aren’t raising rigor, just forcing relative grading.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
“And I think what people miss about that is these companies were so cheap relative to what you could make out of them that it didn’t make any difference what oil did,” he said.
From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026
Babci embraced Olka, calling her bubaleh, a Yiddish term of endearment one would use for a relative.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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Vocabulary lists containing relative
Hatchet
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Measurement and Data, List 1
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