pertaining

present participle of pertain
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as in belonging
to be the property of a person or group of persons the belief that quality medical care is a right that pertains to everyone

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Recent Examples of pertaining The web portal will launch with a glossary of some 180 terms pertaining to AI designed to bring standardization to what has been an unruly moving target. Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026 Those are some of the main items pertaining to working conditions that were codified in a memorandum of understanding between the NHL and NHL Players’ Association in June 2025. Chris Johnston, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026 What started in one state court has now spread across the country, with a plethora of athletes filing lawsuits against the NCAA, and now SEC, over new guidelines enacted pertaining to the five-for-five eligibility. Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026 While sections pertaining to the house itself are both gripping and eerie (rooms flood, tiles rearrange, visions flicker), the real terror comes from human history. Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026 To successfully integrate these returnees, Damascus must empower governorates and municipalities with the resources and autonomy to solve problems pertaining to service delivery, job creation, and education in real time. Jesse Marks, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2026 Instead, the six conservative justices said in an unsigned opinion that the states had filed their lawsuit too early — before the order had been implemented, or any formal rules pertaining to it had been developed. Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 30 Aug. 2026 The county has declined to release records pertaining to Moody’s case, despite releasing similar records in the past. Charlotte Observer, 11 Aug. 2026 What’s happening in Gaza is excessive retribution, and many Americans do not support that carnage, as recent polls pertaining to Israel indicate. Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pertaining
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  • Principal Allison Vann attributes the school’s high attendance rate to the students’ sense of belonging.
    Francesca Pinney, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Adopted by its mischievous residents, the young men find coaches, cheerleaders, and family, discovering that belonging matters more than winning.
    Alex Ritman, Variety, 8 Sep. 2026
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  • Under its terms, the incentive allows a 35% to 50% credit on qualified expenses relating specifically to postproduction in California.
    Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Relationship science draws a useful line here between two ways of relating.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
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  • The billionaire chairman and CEO of WorldQuant has been a pioneer in applying AI and other technologies to vast collections of data, looking to build predictive models from historical information.
    Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The tradeoff is that applying for the new card will typically result in a hard inquiry, which may cause a small, but temporary, credit score decline.
    Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026

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“Pertaining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pertaining. Accessed 17 Sep. 2026.

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