1
as in interaction
doings between individuals or groups
relations between the rival newspapers remained friendly despite their competition for the same stories
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2
as in sex
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 relations
Positive relations with home and family give you an easier springboard to your outer world.
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Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 23 Aug. 2025
The company's media relations team did not respond to a request for comment on the Louisville store's opening or plans for future store locations in Kentucky.
—Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 22 Aug. 2025
Larado will drive talent relations, aiming to maintain a competitive roster of on-air voices and define recruitment strategy.
—Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 22 Aug. 2025
October 7th turned relations between Israelis and Palestinians upside down.
—Hussein Agha, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
Avoiding these mistakes will strengthen deployment for scalable and secure customer relations improvement.
—Gary Drenik, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Trump works for a better future for both Russia and Ukraine, one of peace and normalized relations with America.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
That notice is no longer on the state’s investor relations webpage.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2025
Trump had campaigned in 2016 on improving relations with Russia and repeatedly praised Putin as a strong leader.
—Brian Bennett, Time, 15 Aug. 2025
Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 23 Aug. 2025
The company's media relations team did not respond to a request for comment on the Louisville store's opening or plans for future store locations in Kentucky.
—Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 22 Aug. 2025
Larado will drive talent relations, aiming to maintain a competitive roster of on-air voices and define recruitment strategy.
—Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 22 Aug. 2025
October 7th turned relations between Israelis and Palestinians upside down.
—Hussein Agha, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
Avoiding these mistakes will strengthen deployment for scalable and secure customer relations improvement.
—Gary Drenik, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Trump works for a better future for both Russia and Ukraine, one of peace and normalized relations with America.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
That notice is no longer on the state’s investor relations webpage.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2025
Trump had campaigned in 2016 on improving relations with Russia and repeatedly praised Putin as a strong leader.
—Brian Bennett, Time, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for relations
Noun
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The interaction became one of the standout scenes of the series.—
Taylor Ardrey,
USA Today,
26 Aug. 2025
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For most of his 14 years in custody, Garcia had little interaction with psychological services.—
Vanessa Swales,
jsonline.com,
26 Aug. 2025
Noun
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So no therapy will work equally well, or even in the same manner, for both sexes.—
Tad Friend,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
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Balls move the plot along in Austen’s novels because, much like the novel itself, a dance is a codified art form and the space where relations between the sexes are tested.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Aug. 2025
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The Catholic Church believes intercourse should only happen between married couples and teaches abstinence for all others.—
Ladan Anoushfar,
CNN Money,
1 Sep. 2025
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Echard consistently denied that intercourse had happened, saying their contact was limited to oral sex, and accused Owens of fabricating medical documents and manipulating pregnancy evidence.—
Miguel Torres,
AZCentral.com,
27 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Researchers in Taiwan documented this rare case of a predator exploiting its prey’s mating signal to its own advantage.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Aug. 2025
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Landscape Second Category Fauna And Flora After mating, a male leopard must escape the female’s claws within seconds.—
Cecilia Rodriguez,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Relations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relations. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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