as in separately
for each person or thing
The first and second place winners were given, respectively, a trophy and a ribbon for their performances.
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The two actors stepped into the musical at the top of 2025, replacing Jeremy Jordan and Eva Noblezada who originated the roles of Gatsby and Daisy, respectively, when The Great Gatsby first opened at the Broadway Theatre in New York City back in April 2024.
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Hedy Phillips, People.com, 6 Mar. 2025
Back home: Having gone 3-1 in the homestand that preceded Wednesday night’s game, the Heat now return for a compact five-game homestand that opens with a back-to-back set on Friday and Saturday nights against the Minnesota Timberwolves and Chicago Bulls, respectively.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 6 Mar. 2025
The latest additions came on Monday when both third baseman D.J. LeMahieu and starting pitcher Luis Gil went down with a sore calf and lat strain, respectively.
—Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
Voyager 2 followed suit, observing Jupiter in 1979 and Saturn in 1981, and then became the first and so far only spacecraft to ever fly past Uranus or Neptune, respectively doing so in 1986 and 1989.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 6 Mar. 2025
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Hedy Phillips, People.com, 6 Mar. 2025
Back home: Having gone 3-1 in the homestand that preceded Wednesday night’s game, the Heat now return for a compact five-game homestand that opens with a back-to-back set on Friday and Saturday nights against the Minnesota Timberwolves and Chicago Bulls, respectively.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 6 Mar. 2025
The latest additions came on Monday when both third baseman D.J. LeMahieu and starting pitcher Luis Gil went down with a sore calf and lat strain, respectively.
—Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
Voyager 2 followed suit, observing Jupiter in 1979 and Saturn in 1981, and then became the first and so far only spacecraft to ever fly past Uranus or Neptune, respectively doing so in 1986 and 1989.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 6 Mar. 2025
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“Respectively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/respectively. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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