severally

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Recent Examples of severally Nevertheless, authorities in this area have expressed concern that taxpayers and trusts may be severally penalized for failure to take distributions under rules that are very difficult to understand. Alan Gassman, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2022 As did the lawsuit before it, the new filing seeks a judgment in excess of $75,000, jointly and severally, against the entities and officials. Darcie Moran, Detroit Free Press, 9 Sep. 2021 Patricia Schwartz, who works as a case manager, said mental-health services are severally underfunded. Rafael Carranza, azcentral, 10 June 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for severally
Adverb
  • While employees may experiment with AI individually, the absence of structured guidance prevents cohesive adoption that aligns with organizational goals.
    Malana VanTyler, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • As of Tuesday evening, 63 amendments remain to be debated either en bloc or individually.
    Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 10 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Instead, tickets will be sold separately with proceeds benefiting the Aztecs’ Student-Athlete Recruitment and Retention Fund for men’s basketball.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Meanwhile, a group of states led by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton separately sued Google for anticompetitive and deceptive practices in its ad business.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Not singly, not a lone fish here and there, but in packs.
    Ben East, Outdoor Life, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Tourism In Central America After decades of Costa Rica singly handily dominating travel in Central America, nascent travel industries in destinations like Guatemala, Panama and Nicaragua are just starting to gain the international spotlight.
    Carley Rojas Ávila, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
Adverb
  • All products featured on Vogue are independently selected by our editors.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Our team of savvy editors independently handpicks all recommendations.
    Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Vogue’s Favorite Checked Pieces Featured in this article What sets checks apart is their versatility—there is no single way to wear them.
    Andrea Zendejas, Vogue, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Because the White House can subsidize lithium, Congress can fast-track permitting and the Pentagon can backstop rare earth processors, but if no one’s available to drill, blast, haul or refine, the whole thing falls apart.
    Anthony Milewski, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • This changed in late 1980 when Jobs was removed from the Lisa project by President Mike Scott, after which Jobs moved to unilaterally take over the Macintosh, which at that time was otherwise considered a largely speculative affair.
    Cameron Kaiser, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
  • And Congress is unlikely to grant him new tariff powers after the courts just ruled that doing so unilaterally violated the separation of powers.
    Brett Erickson, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025

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“Severally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/severally. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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