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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Recent Examples of respectively
The Jets hit a grand slam with their 2022 draft class of Wilson and Sauce Gardner, who both won the NFL Offensive and Defensive Rookie of the Year Awards, respectively.
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Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 14 July 2025
San Diego last produced a first-round pick in 2021, when shortstops Marcelo Mayer of Eastlake High School and Carson Williams of Torrey Pines High School went fourth and 21st, respectively.
—Bodie De Silva, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 July 2025
According to the collaboration, the two black holes that merged were about 100 and 140 solar masses, respectively.
—ArsTechnica, 14 July 2025
Sour is on the Rise as Well Interest in Rodrigo’s debut full-length Sour has also increased as the Guts World Tour revisited the U.K. Sour finds its way back to both the Official Physical Albums and Official Albums Sales charts, coming in at Nos. 88 and 93, respectively.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
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Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 14 July 2025
San Diego last produced a first-round pick in 2021, when shortstops Marcelo Mayer of Eastlake High School and Carson Williams of Torrey Pines High School went fourth and 21st, respectively.
—Bodie De Silva, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 July 2025
According to the collaboration, the two black holes that merged were about 100 and 140 solar masses, respectively.
—ArsTechnica, 14 July 2025
Sour is on the Rise as Well Interest in Rodrigo’s debut full-length Sour has also increased as the Guts World Tour revisited the U.K. Sour finds its way back to both the Official Physical Albums and Official Albums Sales charts, coming in at Nos. 88 and 93, respectively.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for respectively
separately
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The final straw came when both the friend and his wife separately asked to stay again, even though the woman’s parents were about to visit from abroad.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
25 July 2025
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One of the signature events on PBS this fall will be Ken Burns’ The American Revolution, a six-part, 12-hour series produced separately from American Experience.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
25 July 2025
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“Respectively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/respectively. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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