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Recent Examples of meaningfully
While tech companies have attempted to solve online fit issues since the 2010s, the rapid development of generative AI has finally made these applications good enough to meaningfully impact retailers' bottom lines.
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Dylan Butts, CNBC, 6 Apr. 2026
Learning basic phrases and customs can help travelers engage meaningfully and respectfully in Portugal.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 4 Apr. 2026
After years of higher-than-average interest rates that made tapping home equity feel like a financial gamble, the calculus has shifted — and shifted meaningfully.
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
In doing so, Tom will focus on how new technologies can meaningfully support current and future worldbuilding series.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 3 Apr. 2026
For families that put broccoli on the dinner table each week, even a few homegrown heads can meaningfully offset store costs.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Apr. 2026
Existing research supports the idea that diet and exercise can meaningfully improve bone health.
—Hadia Zainab, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2026
Riznikove believes that meaningfully distinguishes the two brands.
—Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Apr. 2026
Over time, that trade-off can meaningfully affect your overall financial progress.
—Bydavid Schepp, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
Dylan Butts, CNBC, 6 Apr. 2026
Learning basic phrases and customs can help travelers engage meaningfully and respectfully in Portugal.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 4 Apr. 2026
After years of higher-than-average interest rates that made tapping home equity feel like a financial gamble, the calculus has shifted — and shifted meaningfully.
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
In doing so, Tom will focus on how new technologies can meaningfully support current and future worldbuilding series.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 3 Apr. 2026
For families that put broccoli on the dinner table each week, even a few homegrown heads can meaningfully offset store costs.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Apr. 2026
Existing research supports the idea that diet and exercise can meaningfully improve bone health.
—Hadia Zainab, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2026
Riznikove believes that meaningfully distinguishes the two brands.
—Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Apr. 2026
Over time, that trade-off can meaningfully affect your overall financial progress.
—Bydavid Schepp, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for meaningfully
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Rather than trying to cram in too much, Irontown Modular has sensibly kept things nice and simple inside, and this helps lend the space an open and spacious appearance.—
Adam Williams
March 03,
New Atlas,
3 Mar. 2026
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Ukraine sensibly sees firm security guarantees as the necessary starting point to ensure that any territorial concessions don’t become a foothold from which Russia can simply resume its attack.—
Elizabeth Shackelford,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Feb. 2026
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If the answer to that question is no, or more relevantly, not soon enough to satisfy investors’ expectations about the future, then the fallout in global equities could be brutal.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
19 Nov. 2025
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The Her Smell director (and, relevantly, former Kim’s Video clerk) fully taps into his dark side for this sadistic little number about a community terrorized by a child-abducting serial killer.—
A.A. Dowd,
Vulture,
3 Oct. 2025
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In the same way characters come and go, bulletins from the outside world pop up as backdrop, with references to The Balfour Declaration and, more pertinently, the upcoming Peel Commission, which, published the following year, would open the gates to partition.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
27 Mar. 2026
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More pertinently, though, is the fact that the former record-holder made just 35 of his Premier League appearances as a substitute, compared to Milner's competition-high of 218 (exactly a third of his total games).—
Will Jeanes,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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Gelber promised to sue the Legislature for failing to adequately fund public schools.—
Steve Bousquet,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Apr. 2026
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Finally, neither strategy adequately addresses the capital requirements that prevent many clinics and pharmacies from stocking injectable PrEP.—
Michael Rose,
STAT,
3 Apr. 2026
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In the regional final against Notre Dame, Heckel drove past her defender and hit a falling-down right-hander that bounced perfectly off the glass and in right before the buzzer and gave UConn a 32-25 lead heading into the locker room at halftime.—
Lori Riley,
Hartford Courant,
3 Apr. 2026
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The operation seemingly goes perfectly, allowing Conley to walk off with another success.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2026
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The music was sufficiently groovy, the costumes era-appropriate (miniskirts, Travolta-tight slacks), yet nothing conjured the tension of an oppressive August day—and nobody broke a sweat.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
2 Apr. 2026
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An earlier December lawsuit had been dismissed by the judge, who said the organization did not sufficiently prove the president was exceeding his powers.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2026
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The judge’s order stated that Empower continues to fail to perform satisfactorily despite the quality improvement plans, corrective actions and other remedial measures put in place by the state, and poses imminent danger to the children under its care.—
Jane Harper,
Dallas Morning News,
18 Mar. 2026
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Maybe most readers really do feel it’s been satisfactorily replaced by the Tomatometer and Amazon customer reviews and friends on Goodreads.—
John Williams,
The Atlantic,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Meaningfully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meaningfully. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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