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Stifel’s chief equity strategist Barry Bannister said that the S & P 500 is moving lower relative to gold .
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Fred Imbert, CNBC, 28 Jan. 2026
The moon's appearance constantly changes as its angle relative to the sun, which causes the line separating night from day — called the terminator — to sweep across its surface, transforming it from a delicate crescent to a spectacular full moon, and back again.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Pricing relative to costs is one problem area for small businesses.
—Bill Conerly, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
To mitigate regional or national reporting differences, universities were benchmarked relative to their own inputs and against country-level metadata.
—Time Staff, Time, 28 Jan. 2026
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Fred Imbert, CNBC, 28 Jan. 2026
The moon's appearance constantly changes as its angle relative to the sun, which causes the line separating night from day — called the terminator — to sweep across its surface, transforming it from a delicate crescent to a spectacular full moon, and back again.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Pricing relative to costs is one problem area for small businesses.
—Bill Conerly, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
To mitigate regional or national reporting differences, universities were benchmarked relative to their own inputs and against country-level metadata.
—Time Staff, Time, 28 Jan. 2026
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“Relative to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/relative%20to. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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