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as in interaction
relations plural
doings between individuals or groups
relations between the rival newspapers remained friendly despite their competition for the same stories
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as in relationship
the fact or state of having something in common
there's no relation between you losing your favorite baseball hat and your team losing the game
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as in partnership
the state of having shared interests or efforts (as in social or business matters)
our intramural baseball team had a relation with the other baseball teams in the area
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as in sex
relations plural
sexual union involving penetration of the vagina by the penis
a law that prohibits relations between close relatives
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Recent Examples of relation
The discovery is remarkable due to the distant relation of the two species, which are not classified within the same genus.
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Real-Time News Team, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
The government has adopted a different tone, placing her name on the FBI's Most Wanted list, and insisting her return is key to normalizing relations with Cuba.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
In other words, free-speech rights—like all rights, really—reflect, and therefore can be enlisted to perpetuate, existing power relations.
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
Currently deputy athletics director for external relations at Stanford University, Henderson brings experience in intercollegiate athletics from around the country.
—Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 26 Sep. 2025
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Real-Time News Team, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
The government has adopted a different tone, placing her name on the FBI's Most Wanted list, and insisting her return is key to normalizing relations with Cuba.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
In other words, free-speech rights—like all rights, really—reflect, and therefore can be enlisted to perpetuate, existing power relations.
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
Currently deputy athletics director for external relations at Stanford University, Henderson brings experience in intercollegiate athletics from around the country.
—Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 26 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for relation
Noun
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The entire interaction was caught on video, showing Crawford unbuckling his seatbelt and carefully exiting his vehicle while a cop stood on the opposite side of the driver’s side door.—
Armon Sadler,
VIBE.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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But the most memorable interactions were from Wade’s group chat with fellow equipment managers.—
David Ubben,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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She is survived by her son, Gregory Pendleton, and by a host of grandchildren, great-grandchildren and other relatives.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Sep. 2025
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Eight out of 10 people who don’t support the regime said their relatives in the United States would likely return if the country held democratic elections and chose a new president.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
25 Sep. 2025
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These pressures not only shape male friendships, but in familial relationships between fathers, sons, and brothers, and how men perceive vulnerability and emotional literacy.—
Caterina De Biasio,
Vogue,
24 Sep. 2025
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As much as Jones has tried to downplay it, the relationship between him and Parsons was a notable factor in the sides’ separating.—
Jon Machota,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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The leaders and companies that accomplish this will remember 2025-2030 not for jobs lost, but for becoming pioneers of the age of human-AI partnerships, reshaping entire industries.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
28 Sep. 2025
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The building used by ICE is owned by a family partnership whose beneficiaries are not listed publicly.—
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
28 Sep. 2025
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The State Department suspended processing applications from Americans seeking to update their passports with a new gender marker in January, shortly after President Trump signed an executive order proclaiming the U.S. recognizes only two unchangeable sexes, male and female.—
Brooke Migdon,
The Hill,
5 Sep. 2025
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President Donald Trump signed an executive order in January saying that the federal government will only recognize two sexes: male and female.—
Sonam Sheth
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Originating in western Scotland, argyle was once the textile of kilts and highland regalia—an elevated, stylized cousin of tartan.—
Minty Mellon,
Vogue,
24 Sep. 2025
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In April 2024, Holland heard from her cousin about a young boy who needed a home.—
Brian Brant,
PEOPLE,
23 Sep. 2025
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About four months after Auditor Allison Ball sued Beshear's administration over its failure to implement a bill concerning kinship care, a Frankfort judge has tossed out the lawsuit.—
Lucas Aulbach,
Louisville Courier Journal,
18 Sep. 2025
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The Dark Hearts biker gang being targeted by Robbie has its own internal code, rigorously enforcing obedience but also offering members kinship, even a warped kind of mentorship.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
17 Sep. 2025
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While it has thus far been signed by nearly 250 arts organizations and hundreds of individuals, major museums are conspicuous by their absence, with signatures predominately coming from arts centers, associations and regional councils.—
Jacqui Palumbo,
CNN Money,
28 Sep. 2025
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The study couldn’t establish cause-and-effect, only associations between these behaviors and sleep.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
28 Sep. 2025
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“Relation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relation. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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