1
as in interaction
relations plural
doings between individuals or groups
relations between the rival newspapers remained friendly despite their competition for the same stories
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Relevance
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2
as in relative
a person connected with another by blood or marriage
he and I are relations on my mother's side
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3
as in relationship
the fact or state of having something in common
there's no relation between you losing your favorite baseball hat and your team losing the game
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4
as in partnership
the state of having shared interests or efforts (as in social or business matters)
our intramural baseball team had a relation with the other baseball teams in the area
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5
as in sex
relations plural
sexual union involving penetration of the vagina by the penis
a law that prohibits relations between close relatives
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Recent Examples of relation
Under Ishiba's administration, Sino-Japanese relations have warmed slightly.
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Robert Ward, NPR, 27 May 2025
More: Dismantling agencies and firing workers: How Trump is redefining relations with Congress and courts
Frustrated with unfavorable court decisions, the administration has taken an increasingly hostile stance to the federal bench.
—Zac Anderson, USA Today, 26 May 2025
But before the summer was over, the other hero of the tale would prove to be the reconciliation process that was making the legislative win possible — a process with its origins in quite a different era of relations between Congress and the president.
—Ron Elving, NPR, 17 May 2025
Trans Canada Image Among the many issues now mired in the troubled relations between Canada and the United States is the renegotiation of the Columbia River Treaty.
—Ian Austen, New York Times, 17 May 2025
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Robert Ward, NPR, 27 May 2025
More: Dismantling agencies and firing workers: How Trump is redefining relations with Congress and courts
Frustrated with unfavorable court decisions, the administration has taken an increasingly hostile stance to the federal bench.
—Zac Anderson, USA Today, 26 May 2025
But before the summer was over, the other hero of the tale would prove to be the reconciliation process that was making the legislative win possible — a process with its origins in quite a different era of relations between Congress and the president.
—Ron Elving, NPR, 17 May 2025
Trans Canada Image Among the many issues now mired in the troubled relations between Canada and the United States is the renegotiation of the Columbia River Treaty.
—Ian Austen, New York Times, 17 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for relation
Noun
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Don't focus only on the rides; explore character interactions, live entertainment, and interactive elements.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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The catastrophic inland flooding associated with Hurricane Helene was a dangerous mix of tropical moisture, a predecessor rainfall event and the interaction of several synoptic meteorology features (a cutoff low, high pressure and a frontal boundary).—
Marshall Shepherd,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
Noun
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The vehicle was registered to a relative of Ernest Holmes.—
John Lynch,
Arkansas Online,
23 May 2025
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The industry will get to meet 300 million new luxury customers by 2035, the Gen Alpha middle class across the world, and Millennials are expected to inherit about 30 trillion euros of wealth from their Baby Boomer relatives, Bain & Co. forecast.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
23 May 2025
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Brands that establish relationships with AI platforms and optimize their product data now will be positioned to scale when advertising inventory becomes widely available.—
Kiri Masters,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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The full moon in your sign on the 12th should illuminate any relationships that may need to evolve, change, or end in your life.—
Meghan Rose,
Glamour,
1 June 2025
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Housing for veterans: A May 16 article in the A section about President Trump’s executive order calling on the Department of Veterans Affairs to house thousands of homeless veterans on its West Los Angeles campus named the development partnership working with the VA as the Vets Collective.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
21 May 2025
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The new partnership with Netflix replaces an expiring pact with HBO.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
21 May 2025
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The reality, however, looks a lot different: People of all ages, racial and ethnic backgrounds, and sexes can and do develop them.—
Amy Norton,
SELF,
27 May 2025
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Rates for other sexes or gender identities are not available because that information is not included on death certificates, according to the state health department.—
Erica Zurek,
Twin Cities,
19 May 2025
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By contrast, her brood of uncles and cousins, who confusingly resemble the parallel hippie gang in the 1983 sequences, never acquire definition as individual characters.—
Stephanie Bunbury,
Deadline,
21 May 2025
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Meanwhile, Keisha’s cousins Tiffany (Paigion Walker) and Brittany (Adriyan Rae), who wore lots of Fenty pieces, cropped jackets, and mini skirts, are the more fashion-forward and trendy out of the central cast.—
Juliana Ukiomogbe,
Essence,
21 May 2025
Noun
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In October 2020, Maje was sentenced to 22 years in prison for murder with the aggravating circumstance of kinship.—
Isadora Wandermurem,
Time,
30 May 2025
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No one can ever sever the bond of kinship between us, and no one can ever stop China's reunification, a trend of the times.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 May 2025
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The name of the president of the harbor commission, Pietro Di Carlo, a leading citizen of San Pedro, had come up in the investigation in connection with a contract with a troubled development company that Di Carlo had had associations with.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
24 May 2025
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Several of the firms singled out for sanctions have either done legal work that Trump has opposed, or currently have or previously had associations with prosecutors who at one point investigated the president.—
Eric Tucker,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2025
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“Relation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relation. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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