as in relevance
the fact or state of being pertinent
this new information has no relevancy to the case
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Relevance
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Recent Examples of relevancy
Now, achieving relevancy — one of Curry’s favorite words — is well within reach.
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Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2025
What can baseball do to increase its cultural relevancy?
—Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025
Now, a new and young head coach in Moore will be tasked with bringing the team back to NFC relevancy.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 22 Feb. 2025
Tech oligarchs, the gerontocracy, podcasters spouting misinformation and the erosion of civil liberties all blur into a muddy soup that’s adjacent to relevancy without ever achieving it.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 20 Feb. 2025
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Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2025
What can baseball do to increase its cultural relevancy?
—Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025
Now, a new and young head coach in Moore will be tasked with bringing the team back to NFC relevancy.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 22 Feb. 2025
Tech oligarchs, the gerontocracy, podcasters spouting misinformation and the erosion of civil liberties all blur into a muddy soup that’s adjacent to relevancy without ever achieving it.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 20 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for relevancy
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“Relevancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relevancy. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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