relative
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Some have seen their shares punished so severely that expectations now appear low relative to their long-term prospects.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
Brazil’s output in the first four months of the year, for example, rose by 800,000 barrels a day relative to a year before.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
The developer says the man camp would allow workers to live in relative comfort.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Research from the Centre for Cities points to Cambridge, York, Edinburgh and Manchester as relative success stories.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
The outcome of a revolution is, he argues, culturally relative, contingent, peculiar; but it leads to a period of stability during which progress is the norm.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing relative
Hatchet
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Measurement and Data, List 1
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