How is that question germane to what we're discussing?
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Germane
/d͡ʒɝˈmeɪn/
Synonyms for "germane" (80 found)
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high relevance
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What you're saying is interesting but hardly germane to the topic at hand.
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1924, W. D. Ross., translator, Aristotle, Metaphysics. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001, Book 1, Part 5. Yet this much is germane to the present inquiry:
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Connors was addicted to this racquet and kept using it even after Wilson stopped making it, forfeiting millions in potential endorsement money by doing so. Connors was eccentric (and kind of repulsive) in lots of other ways, too, none of which are germane to this article.
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