1
as in kinship
the fact or state of having something in common
studied the relationship between the phases of the moon and ocean tides
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as in partnership
the state of having shared interests or efforts (as in social or business matters)
the street's shopkeepers have a good business relationship
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Recent Examples of relationship
Following the eventful first season, in which Joanne (Bell) and Noah (Brody) met, fell in love and briefly broke up before reuniting, Season 2 followed the natural course of a relationship by largely chronicling the duo’s efforts to blend their lives together.
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Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2025
The series chronicles the decades-long relationship between Bailey’s bright-eyed and idealistic young congressional staffer Tim and Matt Bomer’s stern State Department official, Hawk.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Nov. 2025
The series will explore the prominent MLB star's complicated relationship with public life.
—Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
Beijing has long been irked by Washington’s unofficial relationship with Taipei, and the island often features in high-level diplomatic conversations between the two sides.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
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Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2025
The series chronicles the decades-long relationship between Bailey’s bright-eyed and idealistic young congressional staffer Tim and Matt Bomer’s stern State Department official, Hawk.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Nov. 2025
The series will explore the prominent MLB star's complicated relationship with public life.
—Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
Beijing has long been irked by Washington’s unofficial relationship with Taipei, and the island often features in high-level diplomatic conversations between the two sides.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for relationship
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In Texas, kids taken into state custody leave a kinship placement twice as often as the nationwide rate, according to a USA TODAY analysis of federal data tracking kids removed from their homes in a four-year period.—
Jayme Fraser,
USA Today,
30 Oct. 2025
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Murphy, who like Steininger and Yurkevich has been exploring the question for its own sake, independent of his day job, feels a kinship across the centuries with Prince Rupert.—
Erica Klarreich,
Quanta Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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Wolvaardt tried to keep the chase alive through partnerships with Sinalo Jafta (16) and Annerie Dercksen, who scored 35.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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The orbital laboratory is operated through a global partnership of space agencies, including NASA, Roscosmos, the European Space Agency, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
2 Nov. 2025
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It's never been more important to lead with empathy, prioritize well-being and preserve the human connections that make organizations thrive.—
Kelly Jones,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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The day-to-day connection, because of the lack of memory, has changed.—
Lana Wilhelm,
Flow Space,
5 Nov. 2025
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The programs in the series were created in a collaboration with performance artists, and resulted in a group of surreal experimental works that pushed the boundaries of sound and narrative well in advance of the digital era.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
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Scheffler, who has cultivated a clean-cut, focused image on the PGA Tour, expressed enthusiasm for the collaboration.—
Julio Cesar Valdera Morales,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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And Jack Ciattarelli has made his association with the president a big part of his campaign.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 Nov. 2025
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Mamdani initially tried to stay on-message, offering a quick disavowal of an unsavory association or controversial past statement and pivoting back his agenda.—
Ben Adler,
USA Today,
2 Nov. 2025
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Even here, though, the focus of most of Biden’s efforts at fostering economic cooperation was regional, not global.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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The results from the quantum clock tests will be shared with the United States and the United Kingdom to help improve defense cooperation.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Nov. 2025
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Sun also highlighted that the team developed digital imaging correlation as a tool to monitor the strain response of electrodes in real time during battery operation.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Oct. 2025
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Ultimately, correlation does not necessarily mean causation, and Villarroel and Bruehl do acknowledge this in their study.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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This is about names, and conference affiliation.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Oct. 2025
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That sentiment is consistent across political party affiliations, according to the AARP.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Relationship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relationship. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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