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
  • Each will continue to be available as separate services, branded individually.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Across the news industry, however, there is widespread agreement that subscriptions are the path to sustainability, whether at the institutional level or individually on platforms like Substack and Patreon.
    Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Both of them, along with Jones, made their initial court appearances separately on Thursday.
    Shakeia Taylor, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Winfrey retained the two adjacent cottages, selling them separately to her longtime property manager, making the compound’s total sale around $17 million.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 24 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Mimosa and Bloody Mary variations, in flights or singly, can be purchased separately.
    Greg Mellen, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Not singly, not a lone fish here and there, but in packs.
    Ben East, Outdoor Life, 28 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • The paleontologist Simon Conway Morris points out that there are common and widespread patterns of convergent evolution in life’s history, where similar adaptations, like eyes, wings, and streamlined bodies, evolved independently in unrelated lineages.
    Big Think, Big Think, 29 Oct. 2025
  • All products featured on Architectural Digest are independently selected by our editors.
    Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 29 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • As a result, the two sides remain far apart, and Moscow remains heavily sanctioned.
    Mira Rapp-Hooper, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Couples who choose to sleep apart can still nurture connection and intimacy by sharing an evening wind-down routine before heading off to separate sleeping arrangements, Troxel suggested.
    Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Since first announcing the Poseidon and Burevestnik in 2018, Putin has cast them as a response to moves by the United States to build a missile defense shield after Washington in 2001 unilaterally withdrew from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, and to enlarge the NATO military alliance.
    Reuters, NBC news, 29 Oct. 2025
  • This decision was made unilaterally by the NBA and not requested by the Heat, a source said.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2025

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“Severally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/severally. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.

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