How to Use relative in a Sentence
- The donkey is a relative of the horse.
- He inherited a small piece of land from a distant relative.
- At the family reunion, I saw relatives I haven't seen in years.
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Plante and her relatives could not be reached.
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Brian Brant,
PEOPLE,
3 Apr. 2026
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Among my friends and relatives, no one seems to trust this peace.
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Ghada Abdulfattah,
The Atlantic,
21 Oct. 2025
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Sarah told me the way her Cuban relatives live.
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Charles Hammer,
Kansas City Star,
27 Aug. 2025
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Talk to some of your friends and relatives and ask for some pointers.
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Abigail Van Buren,
cleveland,
28 July 2023
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Stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.
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Ca Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
11 May 2026
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Stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.
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Ca Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
9 June 2026
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Stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.
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Nc Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
11 June 2026
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Stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.
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Ca Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
14 Mar. 2026
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Stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.
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Ca Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
15 Mar. 2026
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Stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.
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Ca Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
23 June 2026
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Stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.
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Ca Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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Stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.
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Ca Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
7 Mar. 2026
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Stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.
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Nc Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
2 July 2026
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Stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.
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Ca Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.
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Ca Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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Stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.
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Nc Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
1 July 2026
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Stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.
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Ca Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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The teenage children are now in the care of relatives.
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Minyvonne Burke,
NBC news,
26 Aug. 2025
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Stay out of the sun, and make sure to check up on relatives and neighbors.
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Ca Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
25 Mar. 2026
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Stay out of the sun, and make sure to check up on relatives and neighbors.
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Bay Area Weather Report,
Mercury News,
9 June 2026
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Stay out of the sun, and make sure to check up on relatives and neighbors.
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Ca Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
14 Mar. 2026
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Stay out of the sun, and make sure to check up on relatives and neighbors.
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Nc Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
11 June 2026
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Stay out of the sun, and make sure to check up on relatives and neighbors.
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Ca Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
16 June 2026
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Stay out of the sun, and make sure to check up on relatives and neighbors.
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Ca Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
18 June 2026
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Stay out of the sun, and make sure to check up on relatives and neighbors.
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Ca Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
15 Mar. 2026
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Stay out of the sun, and make sure to check up on relatives and neighbors.
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Ca Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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Stay out of the sun, and make sure to check up on relatives and neighbors.
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Nc Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
1 July 2026
- The phrase “that won” in “the book that won” is a relative clause.
- We discussed the relative merits of each school.
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Our plan is in relative shape, in very good shape.
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Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
6 Feb. 2026
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So any drop-off at all is relative.
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Kirk Bohls,
Houston Chronicle,
30 Apr. 2026
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Price and relative strength are at new highs.
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Bill Sarubbi,
Forbes.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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One man used the room’s relative warmth to take a nap.
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Simon Shuster,
The Atlantic,
3 Feb. 2026
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Of course, these things are relative.
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Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
11 Feb. 2026
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Success is all relative at this stage of the game.
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Joel Feder,
The Drive,
4 Mar. 2026
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But many wonder how long the relative peace can hold.
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Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Mar. 2026
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But all of that is, in my opinion, relative.
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Dan Woike,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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Passed with relative ease, even if things got way too close for comfort late.
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Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
5 Oct. 2025
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There are times now where truth becomes relative.
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Adam Duxter,
CBS News,
14 May 2026
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Put on your headphones and let the rest of us enjoy our flight in relative peace.
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Zach Wichter,
USA TODAY,
13 Mar. 2024
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Many founders want to sell to a child, relative or key employee.
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Brian Duggan,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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That was the turning point where the real relative strength kicked in.
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Frank Cappelleri,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2025
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But the relative calm may prove fragile as the week unfolds.
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Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
4 May 2026
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The common factor there is a relative lack of stress.
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Nick Miller,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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Mitchell awoke from his relative slumber, too, and the Cavs still lost.
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Tobias Bass,
New York Times,
9 May 2026
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Despite the relative calm, fear and caution clung to me.
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Literary Hub,
17 Feb. 2026
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One duo were both young, relative newcomers to the city.
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Ben Adler,
USA Today,
2 Nov. 2025
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But language skills are all relative.
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Louis J. Esterhazy,
Footwear News,
11 Oct. 2025
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All things being relative, of course.
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Michael Teo Van Runkle,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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But the real draw early in the day is the relative quiet.
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Lauren Schuster,
Kansas City Star,
26 Feb. 2026
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The prospect of streaming big sports events is still in its relative infancy.
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Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
20 Mar. 2024
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This isn’t to say that everything is relative.
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Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
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That play required Bryant to think and act quickly, but speed is a relative thing.
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John Hollinger,
New York Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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And as a distant relative jokes, many can be found on mortgages, loans and other debts.
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Adam Van Brimmer,
AJC.com,
30 June 2026
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This allowed thousands of students to leave the square in relative peace.
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Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
17 July 2023
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What shocked me most was my relative lack of postsurgical pain.
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Nicole Sours Larson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Apr. 2026
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The colors, said Kent, reflect the relative stress of the plant.
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Caron Golden,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 May 2026
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