How to Use relation in a Sentence

relation

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  • The incident led to tense international relations.
  • To be sure, race relations have improved here as in the rest of the South.
    — Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Mar. 2024
  • The 1960s was a turbulent time for race relations in the country and the city.
    — Megan Sims, cleveland, 4 Sep. 2023
  • So what does that mean for relations between the first- and second-largest economies in the world?
    — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 29 Jan. 2024
  • He was sentenced to 30 years in prison in relation to those charges in June.
    — Jessica Wang, EW.com, 14 Dec. 2022
  • The championship record is 63 (the USGA counts the score as the record, not its relation to par).
    — Jim Owczarski, Journal Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2022
  • Justin Yoon, 16, is also facing the same charges in relation to the killing.
    — Chris Harris, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2022
  • The ruler seen in the image is to give a sense of their size in relation to other objects.
    — Arkansas Online, 2 Sep. 2022
  • The two countries have relations that go back at least six decades.
    — Camille Elemia, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Is now the right time to push for better relations with Beijing?
    — Harold Maass, The Week, 21 June 2023
  • So far, no troopers have been charged in relation to Greene’s death.
    — Nick Valencia, CNN, 12 Oct. 2022
  • The plot of the video bears little relation to the story of the song, which seems to describe an office romance.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 8 July 2023
  • Put either a bright white shirt or even a sheet of white paper up to your face and observe the skin in relation to the white.
    — Jacqueline Saguin, Good Housekeeping, 11 Oct. 2022
  • At the same time, Xi wants to maintain good relations with the West to avoid sanctions and keep trade flowing.
    — Jens Stoltenberg, Foreign Affairs, 3 July 2024
  • Any card pulled from the deck should be considered in relation to the others.
    — Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 Oct. 2022
  • Howard is the most recent person sentenced in relation to the protests.
    — Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2023
  • He was later indicted in relation to the move but was cleared of charges.
    — James Barragán, Chron, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Trump had good relations with the UAE during his time in office.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 17 Oct. 2024
  • So in relation to Solo, when did Willow start to gain steam?
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Cox wasn't charged with a crime in relation to the slaying, and has since died of natural causes.
    — Jessica Sager, Peoplemag, 12 Apr. 2023
  • The hearing was in relation to a second set of charges against Spacey that were made in November.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Yet the cordial relations of late between Trump and the tech giants mark a shift from recent years.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 17 Jan. 2025
  • The relations of human beings—some of them at least—to the rest of planetary life had shifted.
    — Ben Ehrenreich, The New Republic, 10 May 2023
  • Ghazawi was in the jail's custody in relation to the fatal shooting of his wife in 2018.
    — Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 5 Oct. 2022
  • The whole episode is about their dynamic, and how Tess and Joel differ in their relation to Ellie.
    — Mikhail Klimentov, Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2023
  • Ever since, the relations between the two countries have been frosty.
    — Rob Gillies, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2024
  • What is one of the things these opposing residents want the King to do in relation to its colonial rule of the country?
    — CNN, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Police said Manzone’s arrest was the final one in relation to the case.
    — Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant, 15 Nov. 2022
  • And perhaps inevitably, given its success, Nafisi’s book became the subject of political scrutiny, much of it bearing little relation to the book’s content.
    — Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2025
  • But relations between the US and China, the world’s two most powerful nations, have sunk to their lowest ebb in decades, strained by spiraling competition over technology, military, geopolitics and more.
    — Nectar Gan, CNN, 26 Jan. 2025

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