Ms. Ducommun attributes the rat mania in California to the relative openness of people here toward new things.

The relative 'openness' of the code contained in different operating systems and user interfaces has absolutely nothing to do with Facebook's walled garden.

With its relative openness, Russia has become the world's 13th-largest movie market, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers.

These two nations also have an advantage from their relative openness to immigration.

The country changed from relative openness to more densely wooded stretches.

His entry into the law faculty in the early 1960s coincided with a period of relative political openness.

He added that the category deserved to be eliminated as its goals of achieving both high secrecy and relative openness were inherently contradictory.

To quantify relative openness, the researchers established criteria and a numerical rating system with points.

Even though this license isn't completely free, it's been suggested that the relative openness of the license has helped to encourage the song's spread.

A relative openness, both officials and their adversaries say, is a long-standing fact of life.