as in separately
for each person or thing
The first and second place winners were given, respectively, a trophy and a ribbon for their performances.
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The Division 5 and 5-AA finals will be held on May 15 at Southwestern College and Mira Costa College, respectively.
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John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2025
All three of the previous orders are offshoots of current or recently ended CBS shows — Fire Country, Blue Bloods and FBI, respectively.
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2025
The platform ranks as the top revenue generator in the overall video sector, with Netflix in fourth place, while domestic players Foxtel and Nine hold second and third positions respectively, based on total screen revenues.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Apr. 2025
But 63% of the company’s apparel and accessories products are manufactured in Jordan, Vietnam, Cambodia or Indonesia; Trump had initially set tariff rates of 20%, 46%, 49% and 32%, respectively, on those nations.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 10 Apr. 2025
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John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2025
All three of the previous orders are offshoots of current or recently ended CBS shows — Fire Country, Blue Bloods and FBI, respectively.
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2025
The platform ranks as the top revenue generator in the overall video sector, with Netflix in fourth place, while domestic players Foxtel and Nine hold second and third positions respectively, based on total screen revenues.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Apr. 2025
But 63% of the company’s apparel and accessories products are manufactured in Jordan, Vietnam, Cambodia or Indonesia; Trump had initially set tariff rates of 20%, 46%, 49% and 32%, respectively, on those nations.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 10 Apr. 2025
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Hegseth's wife Jennifer, a former Fox News producer, has also reportedly attended sensitive meetings with foreign military counterparts, the Wall Street Journal has separately reported.—
Valerie Volcovici,
USA Today,
20 Apr. 2025
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The only real difference, between the one here and the one there, is that the onions at Danny & Coop’s are mixed in with the beef on the griddle, while in Philly they’re cooked and added separately.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2025
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“Respectively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/respectively. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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