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And in the last great southern San Andreas earthquake — rupturing the fault in 1857 between Monterey and San Bernardino counties — land on one side of the fault generally lurched 10 feet relative to the other side.
—Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2024
All 49 are highlighted in these graphics, which also show their size relative to other Fortune 500 companies.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 4 June 2024
Pollsters have identified many challenges that have consistently arisen in recent years and made adjustments to overcome the hurdles in their path, but how their methodological changes affect their estimates relative to actual vote tallies won't become apparent until after the election.
—Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 30 May 2024
All other things being equal, the fewer workers there are relative to the rest of the population, the higher the tax burden on each person who does work, and the lower the per capita output.
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 29 May 2024
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Word History
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 10 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
relative to
preposition
: in relation to
the angle of the pole relative to the ground
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