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- it's always fun to see all your relatives at a big family gathering
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- after being crammed into a one-bedroom apartment, they lived in relative comfort in a two-bedroom house
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- I don't need the whole story, just the details that are relative to the case
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The People in Your (Extended) Family
The People in Your (Extended) Family
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“Relative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relative. Accessed 1 Oct. 2020.
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The first known use of relative was in the 14th century
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