If I write "pertinence" it is because the result is pretty much known in advance. From Wordnik.com. [07/03/2005 - 07/10/2005] Reference
But the leaders of the North denied its pertinence. From Wordnik.com. [Great Britain and the American Civil War] Reference
The context may have changed, but the pertinence hasn't. From Wordnik.com. [Judith Acosta, LISW, CHT: The Wages of Fear] Reference
Where is the pertinence of that, if you do not wish to go?. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 69, July, 1863] Reference
And that will question will acquire a lot more pertinence. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 15, 2003] Reference
The pertinence of much of the OT has been hotly debated…. From Wordnik.com. [He Gets It « Lean Left] Reference
Boris Johnson's preening piece lacks pertinence in every point. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Je ne conteste pas la pertinence de certaines causes médiatiques. From Wordnik.com. [D.R. of Congo: Fifth Fatal Crash in Under a Year, Food Prices the Real Disaster] Reference
It was an abrupt question, with no apparent pertinence, but I understood. From Wordnik.com. [Loaded Dice]
I'll come back to the pertinence of these age appropriate fantasies in a minute. From Wordnik.com. [Joyce McFadden: How Women Undermine Themselves and Their Girls] Reference
I shall attempt only a brief mention of those excerpts, to show their pertinence. From Wordnik.com. [Dio's Rome, Volume 1 (of 6) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek during the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form] Reference
Nelson's pertinence to Madison Guaranty was that he'd contributed to breaking it. From Wordnik.com. ['The Clinton Wars': An Exchange] Reference
Not that his original question held any pertinence in view of the day's development. From Wordnik.com. [Survivors]
Tasdron and - I had, together, agreed on the pertinence of her presence at the feast. From Wordnik.com. [Guardsman Of Gor]
Indeed they do, often very far-reachingly and all with continuing pertinence even now. From Wordnik.com. ['Is the CIA Necessary?': An Exchange] Reference
The many virtues of each have been left unnoticed, as of no pertinence to this article. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886] Reference
She dismissed me then, her face still ruddy with controlled anger at my im - pertinence. From Wordnik.com. [Nerilka's Story]
This is a remarkable perspective whose contemporary pertinence will not need spelling out. From Wordnik.com. [Rome Lecture: 'Secularism, Faith and Freedom'] Reference
Unies au fil des annees n'ont toujours rien perdu de leur actualite ni de leur pertinence. From Wordnik.com. [Speech at the 54th General Assembly of the United Nations] Reference
The order, type, and pertinence of the questions asked during the debates are suspect, too. From Wordnik.com. [Who Really Benefits from the Narrative Being Set by the Media for This Election?] Reference
Economics teaches the irrelevancy of sunk costs and the pertinence of understanding incentives. From Wordnik.com. [Gaza Missiles Are Evil Symptom of Many Ills] Reference
The pertinence of this maxim to land purchase is proved by the reports of the Estates Commissioners. From Wordnik.com. [Against Home Rule (1912) The Case for the Union] Reference
Again and again as the days passed he had had a sense of the pertinence of communicating quickly with. From Wordnik.com. [The Ambassadors] Reference
"Medical Superstitions," illustrates this by an example whose pertinence is not lessened by a dash of humor. From Wordnik.com. [Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery] Reference
Perhaps only crime has seen a more significant drop-off in election cycle pertinence than the family values card. From Wordnik.com. [Raymond Leon Roker: The Great Hip-Hop Debate: 10 Policy Tackling Rap Videos] Reference
And what we have been thinking about in relation to peacemaking has an uncomfortable pertinence just at the moment. From Wordnik.com. ['Shaping Holy Lives', a Conference on Benedictine Spirituality] Reference
Seeing the Middle East through the prism of Israel has outlived its pertinence, moral compass and intended consequences. From Wordnik.com. [Obama's Palestine choices] Reference
Now before you reject the idea that Astrology has any pertinence to this energy of change we're feeling, please read on. From Wordnik.com. [ACROSS THE UNIVERSE: THE 60'S AND COSMIC CLOCKWORK] Reference
Professor Andreas thinks that the outbreak of on-screen Shakespeare reflects his continuing social and political pertinence. From Wordnik.com. [Close-Up On Will] Reference
Nor is there any logical pertinence in clustering contemporary names about a principal author, however illustrious he may be. From Wordnik.com. [English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction] Reference
Perhaps its naive to think that MPs might take their promise to restore the prominence and pertinence of parliament seriously. From Wordnik.com. [John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...] Reference
And Mr. Gunterson, when asked for remedies, could reply only in nebulous words of even more crepuscular and doubtful pertinence. From Wordnik.com. [White Ashes] Reference
The question has acquired new pertinence now that texts have become both more available and less trustworthy, thanks to the Internet. From Wordnik.com. [The Heresies of Bibliography] Reference
Maxims by Dr. Franklin; and we are accustomed to admire the pertinence of their wit, -- but here their influence too often terminates. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 276, October 6, 1827] Reference
GAINER: Well, pertinence is in the eye of the beholder, and I don't think you can determine that just by hearing those three questions. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 13, 2001] Reference
I cite that as illustration of the clear pertinence of the post to which I'm responding, and as rebuttal to those who rated it so poorly. From Wordnik.com. [Happy Hour Roundup] Reference
The pertinence of a specific element of the problem is shortly revealed in the course of any thorough investigation into the mutilations. From Wordnik.com. [A Situation Report on Our Acquisition of Advanced Technology and Interaction with Alien Cultures] Reference
I called it so by that time, but hers was the right, though she had no more pertinence to the plot than most women have to desert affairs. From Wordnik.com. [The Woman at Eighteen-Mile] Reference
So it feels a bit like homework, but given the troubled international arena, and America's broadened involvement therein, this homework now has pertinence. From Wordnik.com. [A Festival Or Homework?] Reference
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