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relative to
Idioms and Phrases
Correspondent or proportionate to, as in Relative to its size, Boston has a great many universities , or It's important to get all the facts relative to the collision . Another form of this idiom is in or with relation to , meaning “in reference or with regard to,†as in Demand is high in relation to supply , or That argument changes nothing with relation to our plans for hiring workers . The usages with relative date from the second half of the 1700s, those with relation from the late 1500s.Example Sentences
Live shopping is a close relative to shopping channels like QVC, where viewers are urged to call in and buy the products demonstrated by presenters.
The American Dream and how a person feels relative to it — and the ability to attain it — is central to the rise of Trumpism and authoritarian populism and the rage at the elites.
What does “home†mean relative to the American Dream?
Second, government’s overall ability to produce goods and services – what economists call “productive capacity†– has fallen relative to the private sector, both in terms of labor and capital.
According to data compiled by Bloomberg, traffic at Truth Social remains minuscule relative to its competitors, with its total user numbers trailing X by 400 times.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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