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Specifically, cold temperatures greatly favor reactions that pump up the amount of heavy water relative to everyday water. —
Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 24 Apr. 2026 Here are our grades — relative to expectations –– for players, coaches, and management. —Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2026 That philosophy extends to women’s basketball, which gets a much smaller portion of revenue-sharing money relative to men’s basketball and hockey. —Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 23 Apr. 2026 The relative humidity – a measure of the amount of moisture in the air relative to the maximum amount the air can contain at its actual air temperature – has also been very low due to warmer-than-usual temperatures and lower-than-usual moisture. —Zachary Handlos, The Conversation, 23 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for relative to
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Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 24 Apr. 2026 Here are our grades — relative to expectations –– for players, coaches, and management. —Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2026 That philosophy extends to women’s basketball, which gets a much smaller portion of revenue-sharing money relative to men’s basketball and hockey. —Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 23 Apr. 2026 The relative humidity – a measure of the amount of moisture in the air relative to the maximum amount the air can contain at its actual air temperature – has also been very low due to warmer-than-usual temperatures and lower-than-usual moisture. —Zachary Handlos, The Conversation, 23 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for relative to
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“Relative to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/dictionary/relative%20to. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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