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relates

  • present tense form
    of relate (3rd person singular).
    relate
    verb (used with object)
    to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).

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Its view is that the hurdle to higher volumes relates to Lynas’s own ability to produce more, rather than any difficulty in finding customers.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

That “more challenging setup” relates to how these companies have come to be viewed as “winners” in artificial intelligence, rather than victims of high memory prices.

From MarketWatch Aug. 24, 2026

This preliminary study is the first to examine how vitamin D supplement intake relates to cognitive function specifically in a high-risk group experiencing both MCI and sleep disturbances.

From Science Daily Aug. 23, 2026

“It’s a reversal of California economic policy as it relates to the entertainment industry in an unhelpful and uncompetitive direction,” said Hilary Krane, CAA’s chief legal officer, in an interview.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

It relates the temperature of an object to the total amount of light energy it radiates.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife