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
These prep school student-athletes stood out in their respective sports and earned Herald All-Scholastic honors.
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Brian Roach, Boston Herald, 10 Apr. 2026
In a video posted to Instagram, both singers are seen hopping on motorcycles in their respective parts of town and speeding through the city streets.
—ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026
Although Frankie Muniz, Bryan Cranston, Jane Kaczmarek, Christopher Masterson, and Justin Berfield all returned to reprise their respective members of the surname-less central family, the latest iteration of the show swapped out two of the series' younger siblings.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Apr. 2026
They could also be locked into their respective positions.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
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Brian Roach, Boston Herald, 10 Apr. 2026
In a video posted to Instagram, both singers are seen hopping on motorcycles in their respective parts of town and speeding through the city streets.
—ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026
Although Frankie Muniz, Bryan Cranston, Jane Kaczmarek, Christopher Masterson, and Justin Berfield all returned to reprise their respective members of the surname-less central family, the latest iteration of the show swapped out two of the series' younger siblings.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Apr. 2026
They could also be locked into their respective positions.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for respective
Adjective
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But his music was quite different from the pieces that Paolo introduced me to over the next year, all of which were written in the mid-eighteenth century.—
Tim Parks,
New Yorker,
11 Apr. 2026
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But this year is a different story.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
10 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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House and Senate Democrats plan to force separate votes in both chambers on Iran war powers resolutions this week.—
John Parkinson,
ABC News,
13 Apr. 2026
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The judge, Wendy Vitter, had split the case into two separate proceedings.—
Patrick Radden Keefe,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Respective.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/respective. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.
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