Thesaurus results for PERTAINING

pertaining

verb

present participle of pertain

as in belonging

to be the property of a person or group of persons the belief that quality medical care is a right that pertains to everyone

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Relevance

as in relating

to have a relation or connection a person who is an expert in anything pertaining to the history of the American theater

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Recent Examples of pertaining However, a felony and four misdemeanor charges pertaining to domestic violence were dropped. — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026 But technically, there is no rule pertaining to a player going from an SEC school to the NFL, and then back to another conference program within the same year. — Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026 The county has declined to release records pertaining to Moody’s case, despite releasing similar records in the past. — Charlotte Observer, 11 Aug. 2026 What’s happening in Gaza is excessive retribution, and many Americans do not support that carnage, as recent polls pertaining to Israel indicate. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026 In December, the Justice Department started releasing investigative records pertaining to Epstein and Maxwell in accordance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act. — Savannah Peters, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026 The senator recently released more than 1,000 pages of Fauci’s personal records, including his pandemic-era diary, and several batches of documents pertaining to the origins of the coronavirus. — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 29 July 2026 Clase’s camp has blamed the whole ordeal on a misinterpretation of texts and calls pertaining to rooster fighting. — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 28 July 2026 Research suggests these different uses relate to development in different ways and can help kids develop varying skill sets pertaining to everyday life and schooling. — Gabriel E. Hales, The Conversation, 17 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for pertaining

Verb

These connections form an invisible architecture of care and belonging.

— PhotoVogue, Vogue, 29 Aug. 2026
Instead, Joe’s bureaucratic limbo provides a route into questions of usefulness, intimacy and belonging, combining an absurdist view of the future with a warmer, more humanist register.

— Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of belonging

Verb

The people in the crosshairs The most drastic shifts impact those who plan to stay in Japan for the longest – those applying for permanent residency, a status that grants rights to work, unlimited entries, and infinite stay.

— Christine Miyawaki, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026
In a normal Transformer, tokens—the units of information that large language models process—are passed from lower layers of a model’s neural network to higher layers sequentially, with each layer applying mathematical operations in turn.

— Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026