Pertinence

Word PERTINENCE
Character 10
Hyphenation per ti nence
Pronunciations N/A

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But its main pertinence to this discussion is the demand the lover puts on the maiden for her to give up everything of her privileged life to follow him in his outlaw life as he goes into hiding. ❋ Unknown (1999)

If I write "pertinence" it is because the result is pretty much known in advance. ❋ Unknown (2005)

There are extremely good reasons why counterfactuals of this sort have no place in social analyses, whatever pertinence they may have in logic and rhetoric. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The messages are selected based on their pertinence to the times we live in, Marsella explains. ❋ Unknown (2009)

McCain obviously felt the need to support his blatant flip-flop on DADT, so he dredged this out of the archives, but he forgot to check on its veracity, relevance and pertinence to today. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The pertinence of a story about the effects of lying, rumours and community paranoia was unmistakable, and the play was a popular success once again. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Though she tends to borrow the appearances and language of the past, the real strength of her art lies in its uncomfortable pertinence to contemporary experience. ❋ Robert Ayers (2010)

There's no shortage of Macbeths around at the moment, the play taking on a new pertinence with so many dictatorships wobbling around the world. ❋ Unknown (2011)

For a good example, one could cite the 1976 Best Picture that the experts had all-but handed to All The President's Men for its timely pertinence to the fall-out of Watergate, et al. ❋ James Campion (2011)

In fact, the pertinence of various previous cases is not uncommonly held to not exist by various Supremes Courts, conservative and liberal alike, much to the surprise/chagrin of many so-called experts. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Back then, in the late 1960s, I found the writing of Jill Tweedie completely enchanting, and still think her writing has pertinence today. ❋ Unknown (2011)

This convergence—and one could easily find other recent examples—is a sign of the pertinence of the question today. ❋ Con Chapman (2011)

I remain today convinced of the pertinence of this choice, Mr. Sarkozy said in a statement. ❋ Gabriele Parussini (2011)

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