pertinence

[ pur-tn-uhns ]

/ ˈpɜr tn əns /

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the fact or quality of being directly and significantly related to the matter at hand; relevance: The sheer quantity of health information on the Internet makes it challenging for users to judge the pertinence, credibility, and applicability of what is retrieved.

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Sometimes per·ti·nen·cy [pur-tn-uhn-see] /ˈpɜr tn ən si/ .

OTHER WORDS FROM pertinence

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How to use pertinence in a sentence

That question becomes even more pertinent around the winter holidays, so the Center for Disease Control released guidelines on things to keep in mind if you want to celebrate as safely as possible.
Center for Disease Control Says to Bring Your Own Food if You Insist on Doing Thanksgiving This Year|Jaya Saxena|November 12, 2020|Eater
Within the product panel, brands and manufacturers can make pertinent information easily accessible to shoppers, and retailers have the opportunity to attract those shoppers to their product detail pages.
How to get the most out of Google’s product Knowledge Panels|George Nguyen|November 2, 2020|Search Engine Land
Thus, local news is more pertinent than ever, and hyper-local media publisher Patch is tracking a growing interest from national advertisers that want to get in front of the audiences that are increasingly consuming regional, state and local news.
‘It’s a virtuous loop’: Audiences want local news, and national advertisers are turning to Patch to deliver the home front|Kayleigh Barber|October 6, 2020|Digiday
We will remain in touch with all of those impacted to provide relevant and pertinent updates regarding this matter as we have them.
STATEMENT FROM ESSENCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. REGARDING COVID-19 IMPACT AND ACTION|Allison McGevna|September 29, 2020|Essence.com

Organization Schema ties in your logo, social profiles and other pertinent information.
How to get a Knowledge Panel for your brand, even without Wikipedia|George Nguyen|August 3, 2020|Search Engine Land
This critical remark, alike good tempered and reasonable, might be applied with still greater pertinence to the Kratylus of Plato.
Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume III (of 4)|George Grote
Although he mentions a publisher's catalogue (which he has not seen), he seems doubtful about its pertinence to the task.
A History of Bibliographies of Bibliographies|Archer Taylor
Its pertinence to a bibliography of bibliographies seems debatable to me.
A History of Bibliographies of Bibliographies|Archer Taylor
He includes material of little pertinence to a bibliography of bibliographies.
A History of Bibliographies of Bibliographies|Archer Taylor
The reader of his articles, political or social, cannot fail to be struck with the pertinence of his quotations and illustrations.
Hugh Miller|William Keith Leask