How to Use vis-à-vis in a Sentence

vis-à-vis

preposition
  • That trap was designed to kill everyone vis-a-vis a horde of zombies.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 17 July 2023
  • But car safety experts recommend postponing the big turnaround until your child is as close to 4 as possible, when his bones are more formed and his head is more proportionate vis-a-vis the rest of his body.
    Jennifer Brookland, Detroit Free Press, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Short-term yields are higher, as much as 5.06% for three-month Treasuries, an unusual situation vis-a-vis longer-maturity bonds that can presage a recession.
    Maria Gracia Santillana Linares, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
  • And the complaint pressing forward the revelations was filed in December; reporting on Jane Roberts’s ethically-questionable career vis-a-vis her husband’s position had been published even back in January.
    Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 28 Apr. 2023
  • That trap was designed to kill everyone vis-a-vis a horde of zombies.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 17 July 2023
  • But car safety experts recommend postponing the big turnaround until your child is as close to 4 as possible, when his bones are more formed and his head is more proportionate vis-a-vis the rest of his body.
    Jennifer Brookland, Detroit Free Press, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Short-term yields are higher, as much as 5.06% for three-month Treasuries, an unusual situation vis-a-vis longer-maturity bonds that can presage a recession.
    Maria Gracia Santillana Linares, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
  • And the complaint pressing forward the revelations was filed in December; reporting on Jane Roberts’s ethically-questionable career vis-a-vis her husband’s position had been published even back in January.
    Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 28 Apr. 2023
  • That trap was designed to kill everyone vis-a-vis a horde of zombies.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 17 July 2023
  • But car safety experts recommend postponing the big turnaround until your child is as close to 4 as possible, when his bones are more formed and his head is more proportionate vis-a-vis the rest of his body.
    Jennifer Brookland, Detroit Free Press, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Short-term yields are higher, as much as 5.06% for three-month Treasuries, an unusual situation vis-a-vis longer-maturity bonds that can presage a recession.
    Maria Gracia Santillana Linares, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
  • And the complaint pressing forward the revelations was filed in December; reporting on Jane Roberts’s ethically-questionable career vis-a-vis her husband’s position had been published even back in January.
    Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 28 Apr. 2023

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