relation

See: IN RELATION TO or WITH RELATION TO.

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in relation to

[in relation to] or [with relation to] {prep.} In connection with; in dealing with; as concerns; in comparison to; respecting; about. * /Father spoke about school in relation to finding […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

with relation to

[with relation to] See: [IN RELATION TO]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

Kozma Prutkov

The quotient of one's happiness is in an inverse relation to one's merits. www.sky-net-eye.com

Albert Einstein

The difference between what the most and the least learned people know is inexpressibly trivial in relation to that which is unknown. www.sky-net-eye.com

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