each 1 of 2

as in every
being one of a group each park visitor receives a free souvenir

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each

2 of 2

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Adverb
Kelly had spent more time in space than almost any other person—four missions, each longer than the last, totalling five hundred and twenty days. Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025 According to those same estimates, California would lose two, while Illinois, Minnesota, New York and Oregon would each lose one seat. Emily Martin, The Hill, 23 Dec. 2024 The trio won at least two Slams each of those years but was shut out in 2024 as Carlos Alcaraz and Janik Sinner each won two events. Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 10 Oct. 2024 The House and Senate each passed a measure that would have waived the sales tax on the purchase of gun safes and trigger locks, giving gun owners a financial incentive to secure their firearms. Melissa Cruz, USA TODAY, 19 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for each
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Adjective
  • This is literally how every fast food joint operates, don’t be fooled.
    Kate Gibson, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2019
  • And as a result, that’s going to reduce economic growth and the prosperity of virtually every American and every American family.
    WSJ, WSJ, 6 June 2017
Adverb
  • Senior libero/setter Cassidy Donalson represented Spring Woods on the watch list after averaging a team-high 4.3 digs per set as a junior.
    Jack Marrion, Houston Chronicle, 1 July 2019
  • That’s helped bring per-pound retail prices for beef patties down 16% from their September 2015 high of $5.12 to about $4.31 in June, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data.
    Jacob Bunge, WSJ, 30 June 2018
Adjective
  • No one, after all, would be any the wiser: Hillary would coast to victory, so Democrats would continue running the government; FISA materials are highly classified, so they’d be kept under wraps.
    Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 23 Dec. 2017
  • In another Tuesday morning tweet, the president denied even knowing any the women who have spoken out.
    Benjamin Hart, Daily Intelligencer, 12 Dec. 2017

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“Each.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/each. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.

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