How to Use pertain in a Sentence

pertain

verb

• The most pivotal rule change pertains to how buyers’ agents are paid.
  — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
• Capricorn May 1—15: The full Moon of the 5th lights up the part of your solar chart pertaining to friends and groups, so get out and connect.
  — Katharine Merlin, Town & Country, 1 May 2023
• What are the unique factors pertaining to hunger for people who live in our area?
  — Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Apr. 2023
• The rather short note pertains to clandestine aid from France to the American cause.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 3 Apr. 2024
• The same weirdness would have pertained on Pacific Street.
  — Jonathan Lethem, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2023
• Since then, Musk has made a number of wild changes and promises pertaining to Twitter.
  — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 29 Mar. 2023
• The second request in the letter pertains to over-the-counter contraceptives.
  — Grace Segers, The New Republic, 28 Mar. 2023
• At the start of the session with the media, a team spokesperson requested that reporters ask questions pertaining to the draft.
  — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 5 Apr. 2023
• As part of its official statement, the trade union referenced Rule 13 of the WGA strike rules which pertain to non-members.
  — Manori Ravindran, Variety, 2 May 2023
• Twenty-five states around the country have passed bans or restrictions pertaining to trans athletes in just the last few years.
  — Laura Schulte, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2024
• Ethics seems to pertain to more global or universal concepts of right or wrong and fairness.
  — Martin Shenkman, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
• The defense would not pertain to violations of the salary history ban.
  — Sarah Swetlik | [e-mail], al, 24 Feb. 2023
• The data pertained to fiscal year 2023, which ended this weekend.
  — Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2023
• The conspiracy count to which Wolfe pleaded guilty pertains to 15 victims, all adults.
  — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2024
• Sala said that most people experience mild illness, and the findings from this study don’t pertain to them.
  — Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 27 Feb. 2024
• Palmer and Lacy initially were charged with a total of 26 counts pertaining to identity theft and fraud.
  — Chris Ramirez, Journal Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2024
• The second meaning pertains because the idea is to give the 10 PRC members whose work is on display a higher profile, and deservedly so.
  — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2023
• There is a four-hour rule, too, but that pertains to retail establishments, such as restaurants and grocery stores.
  — Ellie Krieger, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2023
• Even if the child feels the information doesn’t pertain to them or their lives, Ternan said, parents can appeal to their child’s care for their friends, who could become victims of the drug.
  — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2023
• The battery charge that will go forward pertains to an allegation that Mahomes, 23, pushed a 19-year-old waiter at the same restaurant.
  — Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
• He is not expected to attend Wednesday’s arguments, which pertain only to the New York case, but may monitor the court’s livestream from prison.
  — TIME, 14 Feb. 2024
• The next question, which Walsh raised himself, pertained to financial support for his mayoral runs sent his way from Causeway Street.
  — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Mar. 2023
• Here are five takeaways from the data pertaining to Wisconsin.
  — Journal Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2024
• Entrants agree to be bound by the terms of these Official Rules and by the decisions of Sponsor, which are final and binding on all matters pertaining to this Contest.
  — TIME.com, 3 July 2023
• The State Department confirmed Xiong’s passing, but did not provide any more details pertaining to his death.
  — Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 15 Dec. 2023
• Here are some of the key bills pertaining to corrections moving forward during session.
  — Amanda Rabines, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Apr. 2023
• More than 30 vendors took up all the space in the main meeting room, where residents pored over hundreds of flyers and brochures on the tables pertaining to their needs as senior citizens.
  — Linda Gandee, cleveland, 11 Sep. 2023
• The agency has few rules that pertain specifically to agriculture, and none about manure lagoons.
  — Maryam Jameel, ProPublica, 25 Oct. 2023
• Though Glossopteris officially pertains to the leaves, the name has become associated with the plant when referencing the shrubs and trees that contain the leaves.
  — Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 10 Nov. 2023
• The free panels are geared toward finding out what the candidates will do on matters pertaining to climate and the environment.
  — Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024