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as in to relate
to have a relation or connection
a person who is an expert in anything pertaining to the history of the American theater
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Recent Examples of pertain
Two bills pertaining to firing squad executions for death row inmates won’t advance further this session unless the authors propose them as amendments to other bills.
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Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2026
The database currently includes information that pertains only to people age 65 or older.
—Sarah Agostino, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2026
As Landfair details in the book for the first time, the years between 2002 – when Kelly was arrested on a 21-count indictment pertaining to child pornography charges – and his 2008 acquittal were spent under a fog, with Kelly keeping Landfair under his thumb even more than before.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2026
Friday’s long overdue document dump is said to contain more than 3 million pages pertaining to the Epstein investigation.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 30 Jan. 2026
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Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2026
The database currently includes information that pertains only to people age 65 or older.
—Sarah Agostino, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2026
As Landfair details in the book for the first time, the years between 2002 – when Kelly was arrested on a 21-count indictment pertaining to child pornography charges – and his 2008 acquittal were spent under a fog, with Kelly keeping Landfair under his thumb even more than before.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2026
Friday’s long overdue document dump is said to contain more than 3 million pages pertaining to the Epstein investigation.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 30 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pertain
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Simmons, naturally, did not reciprocate, saying in an interview around the time that hip-hop acts such as PE don’t belong in the Hall.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
13 Feb. 2026
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But America’s racial assumptions about who belongs together, whose bodies are legible as family, hadn’t disappeared.—
Dorothy Roberts,
Time,
13 Feb. 2026
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They’re related, sure, but key differences exist based on the inventory and distribution.—
Jon Wilner,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Feb. 2026
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The driver and the child’s family are not related, police said.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
8 Feb. 2026
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Eight of these units were connected to each other and a linear actuator was installed at one end of the line to apply the force needed to activate the elastocaloric effect.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
5 Feb. 2026
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Regardless of the type, apply the fertilizer in late winter to prepare your tree for the upcoming growing season.—
Emily Hayes,
Martha Stewart,
5 Feb. 2026
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Chesterton will refer information about Miller to the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy, which will conduct its own investigation after the criminal case is adjudicated.—
Jim Woods,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Feb. 2026
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In a brief, two-sentence order, the court referred the matter to a full panel the week of February 23.—
Evan Simko-Bednarski,
New York Daily News,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Pertain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pertain. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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