How to Use relative to in a Sentence

relative to

preposition
  • What does that have to do with anything relative to the game?
    — Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 18 May 2026
  • The best teams lose a lot, relative to the best teams in other spots.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Third, the scorn for this trio now seems priced in at these low levels relative to their highs.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 25 Jan. 2026
  • So these shows are very healthy relative to a lot of other media.
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 13 May 2026
  • The debt relative to the size of the economy will soon hit an all-time high.
    — Chris Edwards, National Review, 18 Dec. 2023
  • The researchers then plotted these relative to the black hole and its jets.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 27 Sep. 2024
  • Children breathe faster than adults and inhale more air relative to their body size.
    — Ryan Brennan may 19, Charlotte Observer, 19 May 2026
  • Keep in mind, these dates are relative to the average date of the last killing freeze.
    — Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Jan. 2024
  • The finding may have come just in time – at least, relative to the age of our universe.
    — Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Form is also relative to the team in question.
    — Mark Carey, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The song is fine, but doesn’t stand out relative to other songs on the album, to me at least.
    — Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 10 Mar. 2026
  • White unemployment did not budge in the first half of this year relative to last.
    — Lydia Sidhom, Washington Post, 2 July 2026
  • The question is how long all these buffers can last relative to the pace of ceasefire talks.
    — Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 2 June 2026
  • The encounter occurred on the far side of the sun, relative to Earth.
    — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The deficit relative to last year is down by $600 billion.
    — CBS News, 21 Dec. 2025
  • Time happens all at once for Helm, more or less, relative to longevity.
    — Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Dusk and dawn are the times relative to the sun’s daytime rotation.
    — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Apr. 2024
  • For the Rapids, the performance was just about right for the pay relative to the league.
    — Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Debt loads are shrinking relative to the size of the economy.
    — Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, Forbes.com, 9 May 2026
  • The tips end up slightly negative relative to the base.
    — Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Juneja also noted the stock is cheap relative to peers.
    — Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 12 Dec. 2025
  • The question is not simply whether a stock is cheap relative to history or its peers.
    — Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • That gives you a kick relative to the sun, speeding you up on your way to your destination.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 19 June 2025
  • And the price of flour has been falling relative to the general price level.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 12 Apr. 2026
  • And what is the substance with the least social stigma relative to using it?
    — Deidre McPhillips, CNN, 4 Nov. 2022
  • Deneb will form the lower left point of the triangle relative to the horizon.
    — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 20 May 2025
  • Thirty-four days is fast relative to that ceiling and the usual pace of these reviews.
    — Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • This is true because the planet is moving rapidly south relative to the sun.
    — Joe Rao, Space.com, 1 June 2026
  • When oil supplies decline relative to demand, gas prices spike.
    — Wayne Winegarden, Oc Register, 7 June 2026
  • First and foremost is Denver’s lack of depth at this spot relative to others.
    — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 24 Sep. 2025

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