Thesaurus results for PERTAINS

pertains

verb

present tense third-person singular of pertain

as in belongs

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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Relevance

as in relates

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 pertains And now, the newest update about Hilton’s situation pertains to his finances. — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026 The same philosophy pertains to decor items that may look cute but do not serve a clear function, Ruiz adds. — Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 16 Sep. 2026 The statute pertains to the arrest of someone who is wanted in another state. — Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026 There is no similar law that pertains to private school operators in Wisconsin. — Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 17 Aug. 2026 That pertains with or without the presence of breast milk, the TSA specifies. — Rachel Chang, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 July 2026 There are examples of this sort of thing across college athletics, where players try to avoid paying a buyout that pertains to their previous school. — Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2026 But the pardon pertains to acts from 2014 through the end of the Biden administration. — Helen Branswell, STAT, 29 July 2026 The arguments stem from a pretrial motion in which Judge Weeks directed that testimony be limited to only what pertains to the charge at hand, involving the retaliation against James Saulter. — Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 June 2026

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Verb

The data from late 2025 and early 2026 points to a market that is no longer debating whether AI belongs in retail, but who gets to set the terms.

— Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 9 Oct. 2026
The White House accord is an important acknowledgment that biosecurity belongs at the center of the AI safety conversation.

— Raj Panjabi, Fortune, 9 Oct. 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

Definition of relates

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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