as in different
not the same or shared
it was late when the concert let out, so we all went our respective ways
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Recent Examples of respective
Cox and D'Onofrio know the dynamic inside and out after playing their respective roles of Matt Murdock, a blind lawyer who moonlights as the vigilante Daredevil, and Wilson Fisk, a crime boss known as Kingpin, since the original Netflix show premiered in 2015.
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Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026
The Kiwanis Club has buses that can take runners from La Jolla’s Scripps Park to their respective starting lines.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2026
The ladies retire to their respective corners.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
Jordan Fields of Radial Entertainment and Ryan Bury of MPX negotiated the deals for their respective companies.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 20 Mar. 2026
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Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026
The Kiwanis Club has buses that can take runners from La Jolla’s Scripps Park to their respective starting lines.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2026
The ladies retire to their respective corners.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
Jordan Fields of Radial Entertainment and Ryan Bury of MPX negotiated the deals for their respective companies.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 20 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for respective
Adjective
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But there's a lower risk of having a reaction because your body recognizes your own blood, and there's no risk of contracting infectious disease from a different donor.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Mar. 2026
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That was a different era, when social media was not a thing.—
Stuart James,
New York Times,
21 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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According to the agency, the vehicle had been responding to a separate incident when it was hit by the aircraft on Runway 4.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Mar. 2026
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In less than 24 hours, two separate shootings have shaken a West Perrine neighborhood, leaving residents grieving and searching for answers.—
Anna McAllister,
CBS News,
23 Mar. 2026
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“Respective.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/respective. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.
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