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as in belonging
to be the property of a person or group of persons
the belief that quality medical care is a right that pertains to everyone
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as in relating
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 pertaining
That includes government buildings pertaining to the state, federal, city, county and school district, among other government jurisdictions, as well as parklands, hospitals, universities, museums and other major nonprofits.
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Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 16 Sep. 2025
This Story will be updated with any news and updates pertaining to Lindberg’s death.
—Quentin Thane Singer, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
There are also possible legal challenges about state laws pertaining to federal officers.
—Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Across the eastern Baltic states (an area pertaining to modern-day Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania), there are even more examples of broken tools in Stone Age burials.
—Sarah Durn, Popular Science, 11 Sep. 2025
The lawsuit seeks to make public through the Freedom of Information Act all records pertaining to the allegedly secret policy.
—Alex Riggins, Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2025
As the pandemic is increasingly in the rear view mirror, many of the COVID era-policies pertaining to healthcare coverage have slowly fallen to the wayside.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
The lawsuit seeks to make public through the Freedom of Information Act all records pertaining to the allegedly secret policy.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
Others, like those pertaining to deportations or to the deployment of the National Guard, strike at his agenda on emotive issues such as immigration and crime.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 5 Sep. 2025
Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 16 Sep. 2025
This Story will be updated with any news and updates pertaining to Lindberg’s death.
—Quentin Thane Singer, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
There are also possible legal challenges about state laws pertaining to federal officers.
—Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Across the eastern Baltic states (an area pertaining to modern-day Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania), there are even more examples of broken tools in Stone Age burials.
—Sarah Durn, Popular Science, 11 Sep. 2025
The lawsuit seeks to make public through the Freedom of Information Act all records pertaining to the allegedly secret policy.
—Alex Riggins, Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2025
As the pandemic is increasingly in the rear view mirror, many of the COVID era-policies pertaining to healthcare coverage have slowly fallen to the wayside.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
The lawsuit seeks to make public through the Freedom of Information Act all records pertaining to the allegedly secret policy.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
Others, like those pertaining to deportations or to the deployment of the National Guard, strike at his agenda on emotive issues such as immigration and crime.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pertaining
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Targets who were unable to clarify why they were being neglected felt greater threats to belonging, self-esteem and meaningfulness.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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From before the Revolution onward, physical punishment or even killing were ways to enforce belonging, to mark the boundary between insiders and outsiders, and to decide who had the right to govern.—
Maurizio Valsania,
The Conversation,
12 Sep. 2025
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Working Within The Trade And With Private Clients Enhancing and relating the company legacy is vitally important to Amenc, who started working for Golay Fils & Stahl in 2001.—
Kyle Roderick,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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In a statement, a lawyer for Ortiz said his client’s guilty plea was highly tailored, relating only to his transactions with Pérez in the context of concert performances.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
15 Aug. 2025
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The president on Tuesday again pushed back applying a ban on the app, which had been decided under his predecessor Joe Biden.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
19 Sep. 2025
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By structuring channels by function and project and applying machine learning filters (such as Slack’s Workflow Builder), key signals are amplified, noise is reduced and both focus and responsiveness improve.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Pertaining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pertaining. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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