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In the Nikola Jokic era of the Denver Nuggets, one of the team’s perennial afflictions has been a consistently poor performance by their bench relative to the rest of the NBA.
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Joel Rush, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
Another area of concern is the equity market, where valuations of stocks relative to earnings are reminiscent of the late 1990s dot-com bubble and in 2021′s post-lockdown boom.
—Jesse Pound, CNBC, 21 Jan. 2025
Projects under the initiative’s umbrella have generated accusations of lax environmental and labor standards, as well as risky lending, with critics saying China has saddled low- and middle-income governments with overly high levels of debt relative to their GDPs.
—Nimi Princewill, CNN, 18 Jan. 2025
The good news in the report is that strong growth has improved the fiscal outlook relative to its June forecasts.
—Neil Irwin, Axios, 17 Jan. 2025
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Joel Rush, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
Another area of concern is the equity market, where valuations of stocks relative to earnings are reminiscent of the late 1990s dot-com bubble and in 2021′s post-lockdown boom.
—Jesse Pound, CNBC, 21 Jan. 2025
Projects under the initiative’s umbrella have generated accusations of lax environmental and labor standards, as well as risky lending, with critics saying China has saddled low- and middle-income governments with overly high levels of debt relative to their GDPs.
—Nimi Princewill, CNN, 18 Jan. 2025
The good news in the report is that strong growth has improved the fiscal outlook relative to its June forecasts.
—Neil Irwin, Axios, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Relative to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/relative%20to. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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