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New York is unaffordable, or at least expensive relative to many other American cities, for many reasons, including its and the state’s environmental and labor regulations and mandates, which push up costs.
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Nicole Gelinas, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2026
Market historians argue that, while the concentration seems extreme relative to recent memory, there are precedents.
—Henry Ren, Fortune, 4 Jan. 2026
Their descendants are the reason the city now has the highest concentration of Greek Americans relative to its population.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 4 Jan. 2026
Published in Science Advances, the study revealed that Sahelanthropus had a relatively long femur relative to its ulna—additional evidence of bipedalism.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 2 Jan. 2026
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Nicole Gelinas, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2026
Market historians argue that, while the concentration seems extreme relative to recent memory, there are precedents.
—Henry Ren, Fortune, 4 Jan. 2026
Their descendants are the reason the city now has the highest concentration of Greek Americans relative to its population.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 4 Jan. 2026
Published in Science Advances, the study revealed that Sahelanthropus had a relatively long femur relative to its ulna—additional evidence of bipedalism.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 2 Jan. 2026
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“Relative to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/relative%20to. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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