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Alaska Alaska is the state with the latest poll closures relative to the rest of the country.
—Liam Quinn, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
The deal is starting to look incredibly generous relative to the level of production and availability Milwaukee has gotten out of the injury-prone swingman.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Long-term, Wang expects a handful of technology names to come out on top given today’s high AI costs relative to the open and decentralized Internet craze of the 1990s and the 2000s.
—Samantha Subin, CNBC, 2 Nov. 2024
However, wholesale prices are still high relative to before the pandemic.
—Jim Henry, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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First Known Use
1649, in the meaning defined above
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“Relative to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/relative%20to. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
Kids Definition
relative to
preposition
: in relation to
the angle of the pole relative to the ground
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