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pertaining

[per-tey-ning]

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adjective

related to or associated with something specified; belonging or relevant to the matter at hand.
Before you begin the verification process, make sure you have all pertaining documents such as receipts, past tax returns, etc.
A memorandum of understanding was drafted and sent to the pertaining bodies, along with a specific date by which an agreement needed to be reached.

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Other Word Forms

unpertaining adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of pertaining¹

pertain ( def. ) + -ing ² ( def. )

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Boyce impressed his bosses and was soon cleared to enter the steel-doored fortress called the “black vault,” a classified sanctum where he was exposed to sensitive CIA communications pertaining to America’s network of espionage satellites.

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�� the Pentagon firings aftermath reveals, in short, is the same thing last month’s original leaked Signal chat revealed: a Trump administration deeply divided on issues of foreign policy, especially pertaining to Iran.

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The opening day payrolls of every Major League Baseball team and a trove of other information pertaining to cold, hard cash was calculated by the Associated Press and USA Today.

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Under the so-called political question doctrine there are some issues, particularly pertaining to national security, that are simply not justiciable — that is, the courts rightly stay away from them.

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In a Jan. 31 motion to narrow their indictment against Todorova, prosecutors asked that she be charged solely for distributing fentanyl to Mascolo, striking “surplusage and factual allegations” pertaining to his death.

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