as in relevance
the fact or state of being pertinent
job applicants should question the pertinence of any questions about their personal lives
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Recent Examples of pertinence
Monday’s festivities were no different, as every new product Apple announced had pertinence to the disability community.
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Steven Aquino, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
Of course, some have pertinence to accessibility for disabled people.
—Steven Aquino, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
In this case, the concept works in reverse: today’s updates are ostensibly for mainstream audiences, yet also have strong pertinence in a disability context.
—Steven Aquino, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
Yet the deliberately provocative tone of Home Secretary Suella Braverman’s speech Tuesday – part of a comprehensive broadside on all immigration – risked obscuring the pertinence of one of her other core themes.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Sep. 2023
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Steven Aquino, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
Of course, some have pertinence to accessibility for disabled people.
—Steven Aquino, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
In this case, the concept works in reverse: today’s updates are ostensibly for mainstream audiences, yet also have strong pertinence in a disability context.
—Steven Aquino, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
Yet the deliberately provocative tone of Home Secretary Suella Braverman’s speech Tuesday – part of a comprehensive broadside on all immigration – risked obscuring the pertinence of one of her other core themes.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Sep. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pertinence
Noun
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Preparing for the Inevitable Consumption and Redistribution of Content by AI-Powered Search Engines The era of generative engine optimization (GEO) and answer engine optimization (AEO) is here, so a retailer’s accuracy, relevance, completeness, and consistency are more important than ever.—
Gary Drenik,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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Last season, UConn was 9-4, beating North Carolina in the Fenway Bowl, the program enjoying success and relevance that had been missing for more than a decade.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
1 May 2025
Noun
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But a decade later, there's something fascinating about some of its AI musings and predictions that propel it into relevancy, just like beloved classics from the 1980s like RoboCop.—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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The two young stars for the team have had flashes, but there has not been enough consistency to push them into offensive relevancy.—
Tom Rende,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
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“Pertinence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pertinence. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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