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[ adjective ] having precise or logical relevance to the matter at hand
Synonyms Examples "a list of articles pertinent to the discussion" "remarks that were to the point" Used in print (Richard F. McLaughlin, et al., "A study of the...)In_addition , a detailed interspecies survey of the incidence of generalized pulmonary_emphysema in mammals would be interesting and pertinent . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] being of striking appropriateness and pertinence
Synonyms Examples "the successful copywriter is a master of apposite and evocative verbal images" "an apt reply" Used in print (Brainard Cheney, "Christianity and the Tragic Vision-Ut...)And I select this sentence as its pertinent summation : `` In_essence the drama of his ( Eisenhower 's ) Presidency can be described as the ordeal of a nation turned conservative and struggling - thus_far with but limited and precarious success - to give effective voice and force to_that conservatism '' . (U.S. Reports. Volume 366. Cases Adjudged in the...)It rested its decision solely on 7 , which reads in pertinent part : `` [ N_]_o corporation engaged in commerce shall acquire , directly or indirectly , the whole or any part of the stock or other share capital of another corporation engaged also in commerce , where the effect of such acquisition may be to substantially lessen competition between the corporation whose stock is so acquired and the corporation making the acquisition , or to restrain such commerce in any section or community , or tend to create a monopoly of any line of commerce . Related terms |
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