RECALL BEFORE REVEAL

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A useful or meaningful connection with the matter under consideration.

noun

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relevance

The reviewer questioned the relevance of a statistic drawn from a different population.
Dictionary practice example.
A photograph of a desk without a lamp supplied a refutation of the separate statement that every desk had one, provided the photograph matched the room and time under discussion. The teacher emphasized the relevance of that condition.
From Testing an Argument.
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