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That's true given the strong run that stocks have seen overall in recent years relative to safer asset classes.
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Susan Tompor, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
Liana Fox, an assistant division chief at Census, said the decline in women’s earnings relative to men’s could reflect some of the cooling in the job market after hiring had ramped up in the aftermath of the pandemic.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
African businesses and governments have long complained that ratings agencies unfairly downgrade them relative to similar non-African peers, pushing up borrowing costs.
—Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 9 Sep. 2025
As the Earth orbits the Sun, an astronomer observing a nearby star in the sky can see its position change relative to distant stars.
—Big Think, 9 Sep. 2025
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Susan Tompor, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
Liana Fox, an assistant division chief at Census, said the decline in women’s earnings relative to men’s could reflect some of the cooling in the job market after hiring had ramped up in the aftermath of the pandemic.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
African businesses and governments have long complained that ratings agencies unfairly downgrade them relative to similar non-African peers, pushing up borrowing costs.
—Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 9 Sep. 2025
As the Earth orbits the Sun, an astronomer observing a nearby star in the sky can see its position change relative to distant stars.
—Big Think, 9 Sep. 2025
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“Relative to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/relative%20to. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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