Thesaurus results for APPERTAINS

appertains

verb

present tense third-person singular of appertain

as in belongs

to be the property of a person or group of persons the doctrine that the swath of land between the Atlantic and the Pacific naturally appertained to the United States

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as in pertains

to have a relation or connection list some of the things appertaining to public health

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Mandel’s work also informed a 2012 New York Times Magazine column on how the art market thrives on inequality, which argued that fine art belongs less to the broader global economy than to the peculiar economy of the very rich.

— Molly A. Wallace, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
The harder work is judging where each boundary belongs, and that depends on risk, precedent and what the incentives currently reward.

— Dr. Nore Salman, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

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And now, the newest update about Hilton’s situation pertains to his finances.

— Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026
The document, which largely pertains to the district’s use of school resource officers, states that Flock cameras will be on campus for at least two years and were installed at no cost to the school district.

— Jessica Seaman, Denver Post, 21 Sep. 2026

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Most of the funding gap relates specifically to weapons purchases, Zelensky said, and future financing for Ukraine could come in the form of deals for sharing technology and joint drone production.

— Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
And then Mowbray relates some personal evidence of what has not changed — Middlesbrough’s attachment to football.

— Michael Walker, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

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The approach applies manufacturing practices to research and development, allowing engineers and machinists to modify components and processes quickly as designs evolve.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026
The event’s organizer argues the law applies to contests between people, not robots.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of applies

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In his extensive writings, Lee refers almost exclusively to abstract artists.

— Barry Schwabsky, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Total testosterone is the entire amount of testosterone circulating in the body, both bound and unbound to proteins and is biologically active, while free testosterone refers only to the hormone not bound to proteins and is biologically active.

— Luis Martinez, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2026

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