historically

adverb

his·tor·i·cal·ly hi-ˈstȯr-i-k(ə-)lē

-ˈstär-

: in accordance with or with respect to history

a historically accurate account

: in the past

historically, stagnant cities seldom have recovered—

Jane Jacobs

Examples of historically in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web According to Google, Microsoft abused its historically strong position in enterprise software by using it to boost its Azure cloud business while illegally boxing out competitors like Google’s own cloud service. —

Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2024 The big picture: The first week of October has historically been a good time to buy a house in the U.S., per a new Realtor.com report. —

Alayna Alvarez, Axios, 26 Sep. 2024 By on-the-field metrics, the A's have historically been at least equal to the Giants. —

Dana Varinsky, NBC News, 26 Sep. 2024 The rally appears to be a combination of buying from global central banks and the Federal Reserve rate cut, which has historically been a positive for gold. —

Jesse Pound, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for historically

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