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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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2
as in relating
to have a relation or connection
a person who is an expert in anything pertaining to the history of the American theater
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Recent Examples of pertaining
Social media users weren't quick to forget Brooklyn's past allegations, and asked Cruz a few pointed questions pertaining to his brother.
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Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 12 Feb. 2026
On January 30, the United States government released another batch of documents pertaining to Epstein.
—Kiana Mickles, Pitchfork, 9 Feb. 2026
Two bills pertaining to firing squad executions for death row inmates won’t advance further this session unless the authors propose them as amendments to other bills.
—Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2026
As Landfair details in the book for the first time, the years between 2002 – when Kelly was arrested on a 21-count indictment pertaining to child pornography charges – and his 2008 acquittal were spent under a fog, with Kelly keeping Landfair under his thumb even more than before.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2026
The act gave the Justice Department 30 days to make publicly available all unclassified records pertaining to investigations and prosecutions of Epstein and Maxwell.
—Luke Barr, ABC News, 30 Jan. 2026
Friday’s long overdue document dump is said to contain more than 3 million pages pertaining to the Epstein investigation.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 30 Jan. 2026
Furthermore, events following November 28, 2025, and/or pertaining to individual persons affiliated/associated with the institutions were not included in the metrics.
—Time Staff, Time, 28 Jan. 2026
The tension this year stems from power struggles, especially when pertaining to your identity, your ambitions and your close relationships.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 27 Jan. 2026
Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 12 Feb. 2026
On January 30, the United States government released another batch of documents pertaining to Epstein.
—Kiana Mickles, Pitchfork, 9 Feb. 2026
Two bills pertaining to firing squad executions for death row inmates won’t advance further this session unless the authors propose them as amendments to other bills.
—Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2026
As Landfair details in the book for the first time, the years between 2002 – when Kelly was arrested on a 21-count indictment pertaining to child pornography charges – and his 2008 acquittal were spent under a fog, with Kelly keeping Landfair under his thumb even more than before.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2026
The act gave the Justice Department 30 days to make publicly available all unclassified records pertaining to investigations and prosecutions of Epstein and Maxwell.
—Luke Barr, ABC News, 30 Jan. 2026
Friday’s long overdue document dump is said to contain more than 3 million pages pertaining to the Epstein investigation.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 30 Jan. 2026
Furthermore, events following November 28, 2025, and/or pertaining to individual persons affiliated/associated with the institutions were not included in the metrics.
—Time Staff, Time, 28 Jan. 2026
The tension this year stems from power struggles, especially when pertaining to your identity, your ambitions and your close relationships.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 27 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pertaining
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The designer, together with artists Jacopo Benassi and Sissi, guided the students in a research and performance experience that questioned the contemporary meaning of freedom, presence, belonging and collective action.—
Andrea Onate,
Footwear News,
16 Feb. 2026
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Yeo’s character, a beer supplier at a hawker centre, is an immigrant woman who arrives in the lives of a father and son, embodying the film’s central tension between belonging and estrangement.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
16 Feb. 2026
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Morello himself serves as kind of a guide in the film, relating his own love of metal growing up as a Black kid in a conservative, ethnically homogeneous suburb of Chicago.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
19 Feb. 2026
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The collision of opposing perspectives forges art that challenges and confronts, that forces us out of familiar ways of thinking, relating and being.—
Richard P. Weigand,
Rolling Stone,
30 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The task force is now applying that same regional coordination model to World Cup preparations.—
Cierra Morgan,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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There were the snowboarders who were disqualified for applying ski wax that contained forever chemicals.—
Donna Vickroy,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Pertaining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pertaining. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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