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Recent Examples of pertinence Monday’s festivities were no different, as every new product Apple announced had pertinence to the disability community. Steven Aquino, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024 Of course, some have pertinence to accessibility for disabled people. Steven Aquino, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024 In this case, the concept works in reverse: today’s updates are ostensibly for mainstream audiences, yet also have strong pertinence in a disability context. Steven Aquino, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023 Yet the deliberately provocative tone of Home Secretary Suella Braverman’s speech Tuesday – part of a comprehensive broadside on all immigration – risked obscuring the pertinence of one of her other core themes. Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Sep. 2023 See All Example Sentences for pertinence
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Noun
  • The concept took off quite quickly, boosted by the timely relevance of Covid in 2020.
    Clara Ludmir, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
  • The cultural relevance of games means that these opportunities are multiplying.
    Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 19 May 2025
Noun
  • It’s been a challenging time for department stores for a while now, with a complete reinvention being overdue and essential to regain relevancy amongst shoppers.
    Clara Ludmir, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
  • The relevancy here will be a much different but related number: six.
    Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 4 Apr. 2025

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“Pertinence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pertinence. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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