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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Recent Examples of respectively
Lot sizes dropped both last year and this year, according to 24% and 23% of reporting architects in 2024 and 2025 respectively.
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Jamie Gold, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
Marlborough received $100,000 yearly plus $2.5 million in railroad stock, which would be around $3.2 million and $81 million today, respectively.
—Carson Blackwelder, People.com, 15 July 2025
And The Last of Us scored 16 nominations, with Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey up for Outstanding Lead Actor and Actress, respectively.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2025
Peking University and Zhejiang University also rose in the rankings to 25th, up from 31st, and 45th, up from 51st, respectively.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 15 July 2025
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Jamie Gold, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
Marlborough received $100,000 yearly plus $2.5 million in railroad stock, which would be around $3.2 million and $81 million today, respectively.
—Carson Blackwelder, People.com, 15 July 2025
And The Last of Us scored 16 nominations, with Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey up for Outstanding Lead Actor and Actress, respectively.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2025
Peking University and Zhejiang University also rose in the rankings to 25th, up from 31st, and 45th, up from 51st, respectively.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 15 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for respectively
separately
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The final straw came when both the friend and his wife separately asked to stay again, even though the woman’s parents were about to visit from abroad.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
25 July 2025
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One of the signature events on PBS this fall will be Ken Burns’ The American Revolution, a six-part, 12-hour series produced separately from American Experience.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
25 July 2025
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“Respectively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/respectively. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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