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Economic Health took into account employment rates, household incomes relative to a state's cost of living, as well as several other social welfare measures.
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Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 June 2025
Credit utilization is the share of one’s outstanding debt relative to their credit limit.
—Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 14 June 2025
Being that his medium was film, and that his subject of interest was the post-migration city, Burnett was working in what was, relative to the theatre and the novel, new territory.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 14 June 2025
The Cybertruck is — relative to Musk’s original high-flying predictions — a flop, and the rest of the company’s lineup is dated.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 13 June 2025
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Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 June 2025
Credit utilization is the share of one’s outstanding debt relative to their credit limit.
—Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 14 June 2025
Being that his medium was film, and that his subject of interest was the post-migration city, Burnett was working in what was, relative to the theatre and the novel, new territory.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 14 June 2025
The Cybertruck is — relative to Musk’s original high-flying predictions — a flop, and the rest of the company’s lineup is dated.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 13 June 2025
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“Relative to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/relative%20to. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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