as in cousin
a person connected with another by blood or marriage
it's always fun to see all your relatives at a big family gathering
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Relevance
1
as in comparative
being such only when compared to something else
after being crammed into a one-bedroom apartment, they lived in relative comfort in a two-bedroom house
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2
as in relevant
having to do with the matter at hand
I don't need the whole story, just the details that are relative to the case
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Recent Examples of relative
Rachel Aviv, New Yorker, 21 July 2025
Canada has never been a threat to the United States, except in hockey, and Canadians have long seen Americans as their close relatives.
—Margaret MacMillan, Foreign Affairs, 21 July 2025
Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 21 July 2025
Despite the critical praise and relative success received by City High’s first and only album, the trio — including Ryan Toby and Claudette Ortiz — ultimately broke up in 2003 after just four years of working together.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 19 July 2025
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Noun
The documentary chronicles the lives of a mother and daughter, relatives of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, who live together for years, piles of trash accumulating around them, social conventions becoming remote.
—Rachel Aviv, New Yorker, 21 July 2025
Canada has never been a threat to the United States, except in hockey, and Canadians have long seen Americans as their close relatives.
—Margaret MacMillan, Foreign Affairs, 21 July 2025
Adjective
The relative strength index on Alphabet, the RSI, stands at 72.
—Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 21 July 2025
Despite the critical praise and relative success received by City High’s first and only album, the trio — including Ryan Toby and Claudette Ortiz — ultimately broke up in 2003 after just four years of working together.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 19 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for relative
Noun
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For the trucker who’s wiring part of his paycheck to his parents in Mexico, the nurse who’s supporting her siblings in Nigeria, or the Afghan interpreter who’s helping his cousins resettle, the tax is a penalty on one of the purest expressions of human freedom: ...—
Brayden Myers,
National Review,
18 July 2025
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The investigation led by the FBI revealed that Brillante was also sending similar threatening messages to another cousin and her husband in Texas.—
Jay Weaver
July 17,
Miami Herald,
17 July 2025
Adjective
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The estate’s owner and winemaker are so confident in their Merlot that winemaker Jeff Cole hosts a comparative tasting of his own bottles alongside the best from the great Right Bank houses of Bordeaux and the rolling hills of Bolgheri for consumers willing to pay $350 for the experience.—
Mike DeSimone,
Robb Report,
22 July 2025
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Roberts provided examples like a company renting Lexus cars needing to use that trademark or comparative advertising using Tiffany's diamonds as a reference point to hype their lower prices.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
22 July 2025
Adjective
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These tools could: Automatically generate product images and video ads Fill in missing data for third-party listings Rewrite product titles, bullet points and descriptions to be more relevant Now, with Starfish, Amazon wants to scale that effort across millions of listings.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
20 July 2025
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Its digital footprint is eclipsed by People Style, which commands the #1 position of most relevant US fashion publications with 195,887,577 site visits according to a Muck Rack ranking, compared to Vogue’s anemic by comparison #6 spot with 18,599,319 site visits.—
Lilian Raji,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
Noun
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The American public should realize that the figures appearing in the chart’s left column represent a hodgepodge of factors that (while not all wholly irrelevant to global trade tensions) cannot be conveniently translated into a statistic that bears any relation to real-world tariff rates.—
Robert Goulder,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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The White House has taken an optimistic tone on the outlook of trade and broader relations with Beijing in recent weeks.—
Austin Denean,
Baltimore Sun,
25 July 2025
Adjective
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In a recent note on quantum computing, analysts at Bank of America had to reach way back—way, way back—for a comparable advancement in human history.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
19 July 2025
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Burberry’s overall group revenues declined 1% year-on-year on a comparable basis to £433 million ($ 582million) in the June quarter, compared with the 3% decline analysts had forecast in a company compiled consensus.—
Karen Gilchrist,
CNBC,
18 July 2025
Adjective
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Detectives presented the case to the prosecuting attorney's office and concurred that no applicable charges were warranted in this case.—
NWA Democrat-Gazette,
Arkansas Online,
25 July 2025
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Installation, taxes and fees, and other applicable charges extra, and subj.—
Kara McGinley,
USA Today,
24 July 2025
Adjective
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Despite arguably kicking off the trend of internet shutdowns a decade ago with an almost year-long blackout in the western province of Xinjiang, China is not a frequent offender.—
James Griffiths,
CNN,
9 Jan. 2020
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West made his triumphant return to Twitter last Friday after an almost year-long hiatus.—
NBC News,
NBC News,
21 Apr. 2018
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“Relative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relative. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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