as in relevancy
the fact or state of being pertinent
I appreciate that you did the dishes tonight, but that has no relevance to my enforcement of the punishment you got earlier this week
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Brian Sloan, CNBC, 7 Apr. 2025
Booker, who is Black and reflected on ancestors who were both enslaved or enslavers in his speech, was himself mindful of the historical relevance.
—Charlie Hunt, The Conversation, 4 Apr. 2025
Postmortems of biases and errors, recognition of the limitations and misalignment of CV’s capabilities with matters of relevance to current art-historical research and teaching raise the very question that few people seem to be asking: What good is this?
—Sonja Drimmer, Artforum, 1 Apr. 2025
Contacted about these military criminal charges and his 2019 court-martial, Nelson downplayed their relevance to his life now.
—Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 1 Apr. 2025
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Brian Sloan, CNBC, 7 Apr. 2025
Booker, who is Black and reflected on ancestors who were both enslaved or enslavers in his speech, was himself mindful of the historical relevance.
—Charlie Hunt, The Conversation, 4 Apr. 2025
Postmortems of biases and errors, recognition of the limitations and misalignment of CV’s capabilities with matters of relevance to current art-historical research and teaching raise the very question that few people seem to be asking: What good is this?
—Sonja Drimmer, Artforum, 1 Apr. 2025
Contacted about these military criminal charges and his 2019 court-martial, Nelson downplayed their relevance to his life now.
—Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 1 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for relevance
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“Relevance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relevance. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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