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as in interaction
relations plural
doings between individuals or groups
relations between the rival newspapers remained friendly despite their competition for the same stories
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as in relationship
the fact or state of having something in common
there's no relation between you losing your favorite baseball hat and your team losing the game
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as in partnership
the state of having shared interests or efforts (as in social or business matters)
our intramural baseball team had a relation with the other baseball teams in the area
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as in sex
relations plural
sexual union involving penetration of the vagina by the penis
a law that prohibits relations between close relatives
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Recent Examples of relation
Molecules are forced into dramatically different relations with one another at certain thresholds of these conditions.
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Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 23 Jan. 2026
But, customer relations and support are expected to remain open during normal hours.
—Suryatapa Chakraborty, Dallas Morning News, 23 Jan. 2026
This reaction to Trumpism is exactly what international-relations theory predicted.
—Andreas Kluth, Twin Cities, 22 Jan. 2026
Rembe, who is writing a book on survivors from the Yazidi religious minority of the ISIS genocide against them, said relations between the more militant residents and the Kurdish guards had deteriorated to the point where the camp guards entered the foreigners' section only in armored vehicles.
—Jane Arraf, NPR, 22 Jan. 2026
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Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 23 Jan. 2026
But, customer relations and support are expected to remain open during normal hours.
—Suryatapa Chakraborty, Dallas Morning News, 23 Jan. 2026
This reaction to Trumpism is exactly what international-relations theory predicted.
—Andreas Kluth, Twin Cities, 22 Jan. 2026
Rembe, who is writing a book on survivors from the Yazidi religious minority of the ISIS genocide against them, said relations between the more militant residents and the Kurdish guards had deteriorated to the point where the camp guards entered the foreigners' section only in armored vehicles.
—Jane Arraf, NPR, 22 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for relation
Noun
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Health memories remain compartmentalized, never bleeding into regular ChatGPT interactions.—
Sahar Hashmi,
Forbes.com,
25 Jan. 2026
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The ultimate goal is to have sophisticated agents that work autonomously with very little user interaction.—
Arjun Kharpal,
CNBC,
24 Jan. 2026
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Parents' employers, relatives, friends, local governments and philanthropic groups can also pitch in.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 Jan. 2026
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The Beckham family feud continues to escalate more than one week after Brooklyn Beckham threw the first stone and shattered the windows of his glass house to reveal a rift with his relatives.—
Tracy Wright,
FOXNews.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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The former Nickelodeon star spoke about the allegedly abusive relationship with her late mother, Debra, throughout her childhood.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
8 Jan. 2026
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Pearl explores the relationship between cultural prizes and ideas of nationhood, as well as imposter syndrome and external validation, like MFAs, literary awards, and being seen writing in coffeeshops by and with other writers.—
Fiction Non Fiction,
Literary Hub,
8 Jan. 2026
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Every booking, every partnership is earned.—
Daniel Scheffler,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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Mars is bounding into your partnership zone, which invites assertive boundary talks that protect your generous spirit while keeping agreements fair for all involved parties.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
23 Jan. 2026
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The findings, from 1,592 U.S. citizens of different ages, sexes, races and incomes, were collected between Dec. 20 and Dec. 22.—
Nicholas Rice,
PEOPLE,
28 Dec. 2025
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On his first day in office, Mr. Trump signed an executive order that declared the federal government would recognize only two immutable sexes: male and female.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
18 Dec. 2025
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For the foreseeable future, rap’s crown now resides in the West, where Kendrick’s focus this year will be presumably on his cousin and pgLang labelmate Baby Keem.—
Angel Diaz,
Billboard,
27 Jan. 2026
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This creates the tip of the iceberg of the film’s most audacious idea — that the musical, which is set to feature Meg’s cousin in the role of the shooter, might actually want to explore what was going on inside him.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2026
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Wednesday's Child on CBS Colorado For more information about services for kinship care families or to learn more about the Heart Gallery, call Raise the Future at (303) 755-4756 or 1(800) 451-5246 or go to the Raise the Future website.—
Libby Smith,
CBS News,
28 Jan. 2026
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Gradually, the two men gain each other’s trust, and a largely unspoken kinship emerges between them.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
26 Jan. 2026
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Initiatives include expanding gold storage facilities, refineries, central clearing systems, investment channels like tokenization, and even forming a trade association for the industry.—
Sean Lee,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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The association with the Stones.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Relation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relation. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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