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Recent Examples of meaningfully
In the meantime, demand-side strategies are not enough on their own to meaningfully curb prices at the pump.
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Paasha Mahdavi, Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2026
Thill predicts that Oracle Cloud Infrastructure's growth meaningfully accelerated last month.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 6 Mar. 2026
Veterans have access to debt relief options, but do any of them meaningfully reduce or eliminate what's owed?
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
Economy Plus, for example, offers extra legroom and early boarding — two benefits that can meaningfully improve comfort, especially on longer flights.
—Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 3 Mar. 2026
Whether adjustable waist construction meaningfully reduces waste in kidswear—and whether durability and return claims hold as sales expand—will depend on data the brand has yet to publish.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 2 Mar. 2026
Citadel Securities’ Frank Flight wrote a forceful rebuttal Tuesday of the Citrini report, arguing that current data simply doesn’t show AI adoption happening fast enough to meaningfully displace workers.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 2 Mar. 2026
In a Thursday note, Morningstar Senior Equity Analyst Brett Horn wrote that Block’s fourth-quarter growth accelerated meaningfully and that management’s 2026 guidance calls for material margin improvement as the company dramatically lowers its headcount.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2026
If policymakers want to meaningfully address the state’s problem of growing unaffordability, this is an essential first step.
—Wayne Winegarden, Oc Register, 28 Feb. 2026
Paasha Mahdavi, Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2026
Thill predicts that Oracle Cloud Infrastructure's growth meaningfully accelerated last month.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 6 Mar. 2026
Veterans have access to debt relief options, but do any of them meaningfully reduce or eliminate what's owed?
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
Economy Plus, for example, offers extra legroom and early boarding — two benefits that can meaningfully improve comfort, especially on longer flights.
—Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 3 Mar. 2026
Whether adjustable waist construction meaningfully reduces waste in kidswear—and whether durability and return claims hold as sales expand—will depend on data the brand has yet to publish.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 2 Mar. 2026
Citadel Securities’ Frank Flight wrote a forceful rebuttal Tuesday of the Citrini report, arguing that current data simply doesn’t show AI adoption happening fast enough to meaningfully displace workers.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 2 Mar. 2026
In a Thursday note, Morningstar Senior Equity Analyst Brett Horn wrote that Block’s fourth-quarter growth accelerated meaningfully and that management’s 2026 guidance calls for material margin improvement as the company dramatically lowers its headcount.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2026
If policymakers want to meaningfully address the state’s problem of growing unaffordability, this is an essential first step.
—Wayne Winegarden, Oc Register, 28 Feb. 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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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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After its attention-grabbing opening, Queen at Sea sails into more familiar territory, of the kind chartered by Gaspar Noé in Vortex and, more pertinently, Michael Haneke in Love.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
19 Feb. 2026
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While state statute only allows for fines of $500 per violation per day, regulators didn’t feel a $500 or $1,000 fine adequately addressed the violation, Zach Hope, Division of Oil and Public Safety spokesperson, said Friday.—
Elise Schmelzer,
Denver Post,
6 Mar. 2026
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Analysts say the government is not protecting citizens adequately as militants exploit the military’s difficulty controlling vast areas where extremist groups operate.—
Dyepkazah Shibayan,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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The sides and top of the bag are brown leather, which adds just enough contrast to pop against your outfit, and perfectly complements the bag’s gold chain and zipper.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Mar. 2026
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Prior to Wednesday’s game, Torey seemed to explain the feelings of the moment perfectly.—
Sahadev Sharma,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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If the cosmic inflation that occurred prior to the Big Bang arose because certain high-energy conditions were met, then recreating those conditions and those sufficiently high energies could cause a restoration of the inflationary state.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
5 Mar. 2026
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Each one has an opening in the side, but the pockets themselves aren’t sufficiently gussetted.—
Corey Buhay,
Outside,
3 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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Greg’s just not that interesting a villain, and whatever Season 3 was doing with him didn’t satisfactorily pay off or, at worst, felt like an extended setup for a Season 4.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Meaningfully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meaningfully. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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