Sentence examples of "relative to" in English

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An orphan at three, he was brought up by a distant relative. Se quedó huérfano a los tres años, y fue criado por un pariente lejano.
Tom is a close relative of mine. Tom es un pariente cercano mío.
Insanity is relative. It depends on who has who locked in what cage. La locura es relativa. Depende de quién encerró a quién en qué jaula.
A close neighbor is better than a distant relative. Es mejor un vecino cerca que un pariente lejos.
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