pertinence
noun
per·ti·nence
ˈpər-tə-nən(t)s 
ˈpərt-nən(t)s
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Examples of pertinence in a Sentence
job applicants should question the pertinence of any questions about their personal lives
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Monday’s festivities were no different, as every new product Apple announced had pertinence to the disability community.
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Steven Aquino, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
Of course, some have pertinence to accessibility for disabled people.
—Steven Aquino, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
In this case, the concept works in reverse: today’s updates are ostensibly for mainstream audiences, yet also have strong pertinence in a disability context.
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Yet the deliberately provocative tone of Home Secretary Suella Braverman’s speech Tuesday – part of a comprehensive broadside on all immigration – risked obscuring the pertinence of one of her other core themes.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Sep. 2023
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Steven Aquino, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
Of course, some have pertinence to accessibility for disabled people.
—Steven Aquino, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
In this case, the concept works in reverse: today’s updates are ostensibly for mainstream audiences, yet also have strong pertinence in a disability context.
—Steven Aquino, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
Yet the deliberately provocative tone of Home Secretary Suella Braverman’s speech Tuesday – part of a comprehensive broadside on all immigration – risked obscuring the pertinence of one of her other core themes.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Sep. 2023
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“Pertinence.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pertinence. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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pertinence
noun
per·ti·nence
ˈpərt-ᵊn-ən(t)s
ˈpərt-nən(t)s
: the quality or state of being pertinent : relevance
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