meaningfully

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Recent Examples of meaningfully Whether these efforts will meaningfully curb Moscow’s energy revenues remains uncertain, as losses in European markets have been largely offset by growing sales to energy-hungry China and India. Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025 Whether giving can rise meaningfully above its long-running share of the economy will hinge on channeling today’s empathy into tomorrow’s infrastructure, so that no one needs to pass the hat to put food on the table. Ashley Lutz, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2025 And the start of what some, including Rice, hope is a movement to meaningfully improve the way students learn to read. Lily Altavena, Freep.com, 1 Oct. 2025 To meaningfully change that calculus, the price of coal would need to fall by at least half, said Ben King, director for energy at the nonpartisan Rhodium Group. Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 30 Sep. 2025 Robert Shapiro, a professor of government and public affairs at Columbia University, questioned whether the removal of social media would meaningfully reduce the likelihood of political violence. Max Zahn, ABC News, 25 Sep. 2025 During Commissioner Hamm’s deposition, one of Grayson’s lawyers pointed out the ability for some death row inmates to acquire drugs, including his own client — and questioned whether that affected Grayson’s ability to meaningfully participate in his own defense. Abigail Brooks, NBC news, 25 Sep. 2025 Corporate America would force workers to adopt any technology that could meaningfully improve the bottom line, but so far that just isn’t happening, according to recent studies from MIT and McKinsey. Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025 Until that happens, Amazon’s other efforts, including grocery expansion and lowering its cost-to-serve, may not be enough to move the stock meaningfully higher. Paulina Likos, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for meaningfully
Adverb
  • Even so, more than 70% of teens have used AI companions and half use them regularly, according to a recent study from Common Sense Media, a nonprofit that studies and advocates for using screens and digital media sensibly.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The inexperienced head coach has sensibly made only minor tweaks since taking over, sticking with the compact, direct football that has served Brentford so well.
    Phil Hay, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • 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
  • In the ‘70s and ‘80s, Farrow collaborated with the likes of Balenciaga, Yves Saint Laurent and Pucci on sunglasses, when the category was still relevantly small and brands didn’t have licensing partnerships.
    Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • More pertinently, most trick-or-treaters (and, in some cases, their parents) expect not chocolate specifically, but candy—lots of it, and the more variety, the better.
    Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2025
  • More pertinently, if Iroegbunam or Gueye tired or did not screen passes correctly (shown below), Rogers and Emiliano Buendia had huge spaces to receive and turn, owing to Everton’s deep centre-backs refusing to step out.
    Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • The report released by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on Wednesday also found that OceanGate, the vessel's operator, did not adequately test Titan or know its actual strength and durability.
    Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
  • As the state continues to cut funding for public education, my concern is making sure that school bathrooms and locker rooms are safe, adequately stocked, clean, and accessible for all students.
    Grace Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 15 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • And a fourth-quarter catch-and-run from tight end Theo Johnson — on a pass that popped into the air off the hands of Wan’Dale Robinson — perfectly summed up the day, as Johnson put rookie corner Jahdae Barron in the turf for good measure.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Mac did a great ball, perfectly on time.
    Michael Nowels, Mercury News, 20 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • The network claimed that the series’ producers violated their contract by not providing finished episodes to its censors in a sufficiently timely manner (an assertion that would not pass muster in a subsequent civil-court case won by the brothers).
    Bruce Handy, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
  • As model capability has grown, so has the complexity of the tasks that they're being tested on and the human skill needed to create sufficiently challenging tasks.
    Nikita Ostrovsky, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • And while Wings went through a succession of different lineups over the years, the reasoning for members leaving is touched upon but only somewhat satisfactorily.
    Caleb Hammond, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The explosion of data and increasing customer expectations have made machine learning (ML) essential to delivering satisfactorily against enterprise customer expectations.
    Glenn Katz, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025

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“Meaningfully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meaningfully. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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