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Clearwater performed fairly well from its IPO through 2024, supported by consistent growth and historically strong margins that drove a premium valuation relative to peers, and these sponsors were rewarded accordingly.
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Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 13 Dec. 2025
But extending the concept to dissolving the fissile and fertile fuel in the salt certainly represents a leap in lateral thinking relative to nearly every reactor operated so far.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 12 Dec. 2025
Even so, China remains one of the most expensive countries in the world to raise children relative to household income.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 12 Dec. 2025
Over the last several years, Post leaders have batted around various concepts to improve the paper’s audio team, which some senior Post leaders feel has underperformed relative to competitors like The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, which both have chart-topping podcasts.
—Max Tani, semafor.com, 11 Dec. 2025
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Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 13 Dec. 2025
But extending the concept to dissolving the fissile and fertile fuel in the salt certainly represents a leap in lateral thinking relative to nearly every reactor operated so far.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 12 Dec. 2025
Even so, China remains one of the most expensive countries in the world to raise children relative to household income.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 12 Dec. 2025
Over the last several years, Post leaders have batted around various concepts to improve the paper’s audio team, which some senior Post leaders feel has underperformed relative to competitors like The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, which both have chart-topping podcasts.
—Max Tani, semafor.com, 11 Dec. 2025
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“Relative to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/relative%20to. Accessed 18 Dec. 2025.
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