How to Use respectively in a Sentence

respectively

adverb
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  • There’s also a cap and a to-go coffee cup, in black and white respectively.
    — Talia Abbas, Vogue, 21 June 2024
  • These flights have one-way fares for as little as $69 and $49, respectively.
    — Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2023
  • Now 56 and 53, respectively, the siblings have spent the majority of their lives in prison.
    — Angel Saunders, People.com, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Those two trips would take six and a half and seven and a half hours respectively, and that’s with no stops, unlikely for a roughly 2,000-mile trip.
    — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 19 May 2024
  • With Monte Vista starting, both teams made and missed their first penalty kicks, respectively.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2024
  • He was joined by singers Brent Faiyaz and Summer Walker on the former and latter, respectively.
    — William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Before, only one member of the House and Senate respectively had to object to force a roll call vote on a state's electors.
    — Dallas News, 23 Dec. 2022
  • Before, only one member of the House and Senate respectively had to object to force a roll call vote on a state’s electors.
    — Nicholas Riccardi, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Dec. 2022
  • Before, only one member of the House and Senate respectively had to object to force a roll-call vote on a state's electors.
    — Arkansas Online, 24 Dec. 2022
  • The deaths include a 73-year-old man and a 79-year-old woman from mid- and western Riverside County, respectively.
    — Priscella Vega, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2023
  • These two accent marks—a quarter and an eighth of an ounce, respectively—utterly change the character of the drink.
    — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 18 July 2024
  • The two series covered 59 and 89 yards, respectively, and consumed more than six minutes apiece.
    — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2023
  • Now Frannie and Hank meet Ray and Leila, respectively, a little sooner, after which the movie loops back to things that happened before.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Texas and Florida are second and third, respectively with New York coming in at fourth.
    — Amber Gray-Fenner, Forbes, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Solo home runs from Mullins and Gunnar Henderson in the third and fourth, respectively, extended the Orioles’ lead to four.
    — Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 23 May 2023
  • Sentencing dates for Dalaly and Johnson are set for Sept. 14 and Sept. 28, respectively.
    — Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 28 Apr. 2023
  • The first two batters, Ryan Kreidler and Zack Short, reached base safely on a throwing error and hit-by-pitch, respectively.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 26 Mar. 2023
  • Shares of Barclays and Deutsche Bank added 4.3% and about 3%, respectively, after the banks posted strong profit growths despite the banking tumult last month.
    — From Cnn's Krystal Hur, Nicole Goodkind, Alicia Wallace, Bryan Mena, Elisabeth Buchwald and Anna Bahney, CNN, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Six of the 21 who were convicted appealed, including May and Phil Chadwick, who had been sentenced to two years and twelve years, respectively.
    — Carol Roark, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 July 2024
  • Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman, who also started all 38 games so far, were out by the seventh and eighth, respectively.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2024
  • That’s a 59 percent increase and a 37 percent increase, respectively, from the year prior.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Genova and his wife are high school teachers in Wellesley and Somerville, respectively.
    — Deanna Pan, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Then, instead of making a mess and getting your floor all wet, step out onto a plush bath mat, and wrap yourself in a cozy towel — these Parachute picks are now just $44 and $36, respectively.
    — Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 28 July 2024
  • Car repairs and car insurance were the second- and third-largest annual price increases, respectively, tracked by the CPI.
    — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 12 Aug. 2023
  • The youngest of three brothers, Chris Kuzemka had an uphill battle against older brothers Daniel and Nicky, who are four and two years older, respectively.
    — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 26 Dec. 2022
  • And in the kidnap plot, which some ridiculed as a scheme egged along by FBI plants and informants, Whitmer last week saw the two ringleaders sentenced to federal prison terms of 16 years and more than 19 years, respectively.
    — Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 1 Jan. 2023
  • Waxahachie and Southlake Carroll have both won 19 of their first 24 games, earning them spots at seventh and eighth, respectively.
    — Lia Assimakopoulos, Dallas News, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Likewise, the May survey found 11 economists forecast a cut in July and none said June—a month prior, those figures stood at 26 and four, respectively.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 29 May 2024
  • All accommodation types are available to book now for stays starting in May and April, respectively, at skamania.com.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Shares of General Motors and Ford fell roughly 3% and 2%, respectively.
    — Sean Conlon, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2024

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