relationships

plural of relationship

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Recent Examples of relationships Sources at Madrid, who, like all of those spoken to for this article, spoke anonymously to protect relationships, said the club would like him to spend next season at another European club to continue his development. Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 30 July 2026 The union representing Kansas City police officers praised Graves’ leadership Wednesday in a post on Facebook, crediting her with strengthening relationships between officers and the community while helping reduce violent crime. Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026 Instead of transmitting long streams of digital instructions, the system represents data as a small number of microwave pulse tokens that preserve the relationships between different pieces of data. Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 30 July 2026 Aldighieri expects companies to spread their budgets across family and household marketing, gaming, retail media, experiential activity, and loyalty programs to build direct relationships with parents and adult customers. Sam Birchall, Fortune, 30 July 2026 These inter-species relationships are found throughout nature, but most of them develop out of purely practical reasons. Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 30 July 2026 Trying something new together, even a small challenge, can break the routine that makes long-term relationships feel flat. Ashley Lynch, Charlotte Observer, 30 July 2026 Alice is the show’s emotional center of gravity, and her relationships with the rest of the ensemble are suitably nuanced. Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 30 July 2026 Without sharing every detail of your finances, here’s how to set expectations and protect both your money and your relationships. Mallika Mitra, Sacbee.com, 30 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for relationships
Noun
  • The initiative began in 2016 as a way to honor and build awareness for African, African American and Caribbean cuisine with partnerships, culinary events and marketing campaigns intended to highlight small, local food and beverage businesses.
    Olivia Wakim, AJC.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • One of the most notable watch partnerships at sea belongs to Explora Journeys, which opened the first-ever Rolex boutique aboard a cruise ship.
    Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 4 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Soon after those 2011 protests, Brand Modi was carefully marketed on television channels and burgeoning social media platforms as the redemptive opposite of the images, associations, and stereotypes attached to the corrupt and feckless system.
    Asim Ali, Time, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Bringing the companies together gives Kraft Heinz an opportunity to refresh those childhood associations for another generation.
    Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • This week, that collection reenters the roster and also returns to another Billboard albums chart, while one of Minaj’s biggest collaborations becomes a streaming hit again.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • Our focus is on fostering long-lasting collaborations rather than simply securing funding and moving on.
    Emi Eleode, ARTnews.com, 31 July 2026
Noun
  • The industry has been working to address this limitation through Compute Express Link (CXL), an open standard that enables processors, memory, and accelerators to communicate over high-speed PCI Express connections.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Kraft Heinz is revolutionizing its marketing by deeply integrating brands into cultural moments, moving beyond mere awareness to foster emotional connections.
    Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The documents cover the personal affairs of anyone involved with One Twelve, including Stern’s family and friends, plus the host’s daily activities, personal habits and political affiliations, among other things.
    Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Open primaries benefit wealthy candidates who want to hide their affiliations.
    Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Postwar intellectuals used psychoanalytic ideas in a variety of ways, including to discuss race relations and homosexuality.
    Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Rather, the pivotal transactions, graphed like the peaks and valleys of a volatile stock index, are the relations between men and women.
    Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

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“Relationships.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relationships. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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