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as in interaction
doings between individuals or groups
relations between the rival newspapers remained friendly despite their competition for the same stories
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as in sex
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 relations
Meanwhile, relations with those who are closest to you are warm and helpful.
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Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 30 May 2026
As many as 14 San Diego police personnel converged on the scene, including a lieutenant, a sergeant, two detectives and a media relations officer, the plaintiff’s lawyers said.
—Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2026
After his visit to Haiti, Landau traveled to Santo Domingo, where he is scheduled to meet with President Luis Abinader and members of his administration to discuss bilateral relations and regional priorities.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 30 May 2026
The European Union will unlock about $19 billion for Hungary after new Prime Minister Péter Magyar moved swiftly to reverse democratic backsliding and repair relations badly strained under Viktor Orbán.
—Justin Spike, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
The move ended a mutual defense treaty between Washington and Taipei, much to the dismay at the time of the US Congress, which quickly passed the Taiwan Relations Act to assert its role in relations across the Taiwan Strait.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 29 May 2026
But there’s been almost no response from any of the countries that Trump mentioned by name — more than half of whom already have diplomatic relations with Israel — and no statement of support from an Israeli government that would reap enormous benefits from such a deal.
—Matt Bradley, NBC news, 29 May 2026
Mehdi Taj, president of the Iran Football Federation, announced the decision Saturday in a statement released by the federation’s media relations office.
—Chantz Martin Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 May 2026
One of my favorite filmmakers is Marxist feminist Lina Wertmüller, whose 1970s art-house films like A Night Full of Rain and Seven Beauties have in mind the fraught dynamics of gender relations, communism, and liberal feminism’s limitations.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 23 May 2026
Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 30 May 2026
As many as 14 San Diego police personnel converged on the scene, including a lieutenant, a sergeant, two detectives and a media relations officer, the plaintiff’s lawyers said.
—Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2026
After his visit to Haiti, Landau traveled to Santo Domingo, where he is scheduled to meet with President Luis Abinader and members of his administration to discuss bilateral relations and regional priorities.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 30 May 2026
The European Union will unlock about $19 billion for Hungary after new Prime Minister Péter Magyar moved swiftly to reverse democratic backsliding and repair relations badly strained under Viktor Orbán.
—Justin Spike, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
The move ended a mutual defense treaty between Washington and Taipei, much to the dismay at the time of the US Congress, which quickly passed the Taiwan Relations Act to assert its role in relations across the Taiwan Strait.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 29 May 2026
But there’s been almost no response from any of the countries that Trump mentioned by name — more than half of whom already have diplomatic relations with Israel — and no statement of support from an Israeli government that would reap enormous benefits from such a deal.
—Matt Bradley, NBC news, 29 May 2026
Mehdi Taj, president of the Iran Football Federation, announced the decision Saturday in a statement released by the federation’s media relations office.
—Chantz Martin Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 May 2026
One of my favorite filmmakers is Marxist feminist Lina Wertmüller, whose 1970s art-house films like A Night Full of Rain and Seven Beauties have in mind the fraught dynamics of gender relations, communism, and liberal feminism’s limitations.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 23 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for relations
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Goldman Sachs forecasts a 24-fold increase in token consumption by 2030, reaching 120 quadrillion tokens per month, as agentic AI systems replace single-prompt interactions with multi-step tasks that consume orders of magnitude more compute per query.—
Rakesh Kumar,
Fortune,
30 May 2026
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The platform also represents an early step toward bio-hybrid control systems that emphasize interaction and adaptation, shifting the focus from controlling living organisms to listening to them.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
30 May 2026
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The findings, from 1,592 U.S. citizens of different ages, sexes, races and incomes, were collected between Dec. 20 and Dec. 22.—
Nicholas Rice,
PEOPLE,
28 Dec. 2025
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On his first day in office, Mr. Trump signed an executive order that declared the federal government would recognize only two immutable sexes: male and female.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
18 Dec. 2025
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However, soy isoflavones didn’t appear to provide significant overall benefits for painful intercourse, hot flashes, night sweats, and psychological symptoms.—
Sarah Garone,
Health,
22 May 2026
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Your Sex Drive in Your 60s and Beyond Close to 50% of women over the age of 60 suffer from vaginal dryness, decreased vaginal lubrication, pain during intercourse and trouble, or inability, to reach an orgasm.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
18 May 2026
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Then rest is for beauty, and beauty is for mating.—
Taiye Selasi,
New Yorker,
31 May 2026
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Researchers from the University of Hawaii have also found that Olowalu in particular is a mating hub for tiger sharks, according to Hawaii News Now.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
24 May 2026
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“Relations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relations. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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