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germane

relevant to a subject under consideration

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Six example sentences with germane, each labelled with its topic.

  • The judge struck the question, ruling that the witness's college grades were not germane to a dispute about drainage.

    Law

  • In a debate about free will, his long story about a commute was not germane, however entertaining the class found it.

    Philosophy

  • Keep the board update to numbers germane to the vote, and save the office renovation photos for another meeting.

    Business

  • The investors asked only questions germane to margins, and the founders' slides about office culture went unopened.

    Startups

  • The coach trimmed the film session to clips germane to Friday's opponent, skipping everything about last month's road trip.

    Basketball

  • The moderator ruled that the candidate's hobbies were not germane to a debate about bus routes and cut the question off.

    Politics

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