relative

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As the author reminds us, the U.S. at the time was “teeming” with hundreds of car manufacturers, but only a relative handful produced at scale—and only Ford and Buick had a network of dealers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

“The baseline divorce rate in my sample is only around 4%, so this represents a large relative increase of about 50% to 60% relative to the baseline mean,” Nguyen said.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

At trial, Musk told jurors that his AI start up xAI was small relative to OpenAI which is also expected to sell shares to the public imminently.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

But when he suddenly dies and the family’s estate, Longbourn, passes to another male relative, Mary resigns herself to a life sentence beside a mother who can barely stand her.

From Salon • May 20, 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