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Recent Examples of significant Although this volume has moved toward less-than-container load (LCL) ocean shipments, the slow overall market meant that there was no significant boost in ocean freight from this shift. Sarah Jones, Sourcing Journal, 2 Oct. 2025 Ice could skew the data, and flow estimates often came with significant uncertainties. Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 2 Oct. 2025 Barnes served as Kansas City’s first female mayor from 1999 to 2007, serving two terms, and is credited with playing a significant role in reinvigorating downtown. Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2025 In one meta-analysis, yoga had a significant impact on both systolic and diastolic blood pressure. Sherri Gordon, Health, 2 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for significant
Recent Examples of Synonyms for significant
Adjective
  • Hernández’s issues in right field are well-documented, and the Dodgers already had to overcome one major miscue this postseason during Game 2 of the Wild Card Series.
    Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Here's your daily look at traffic on major highways in the Kansas City area.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 4 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Sony’s double-dipping is indicative of a larger trend, where the terms remake and remaster begin to blur — but the steep price tag remains constant.
    George Yang, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Under the public safety order, that same data — especially anything interpreted as a behavioral risk factor — could be flagged by AI as indicative of potential danger.
    Kate Caldwell, Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Predicting what matters in fashion was once an elite sport, the province of those who attend those big runway shows in New York, Milan, London, and – right now – Paris, like the editors of influential magazines.
    Chloe Veltman, NPR, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The more centrally located an entrepreneur is within a web of influential contacts, the greater the access to social capital and other valuable resources.
    Sarah Maokosy, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The Kremlin’s influence has been considerable in Moldova.
    John E. Herbst, Time, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The Swamp re-opened in 2022 after having to move from its original building of 25 years, which was purchased and razed (to considerable local outrage); its spirit lives on in the new location just four minutes away from the first.
    Skye Sherman, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The department’s content warnings include mild romantic situations and notions of matchmaking, gentle social satire, occasional passive-aggressive dialogue and very mild suggestive themes (but nothing explicit).
    Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2025
  • This result is suggestive but not conclusive, as it was based on modeling and not direct measurements.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Tire tread depth - Checking your tire tread before hitting the road is important, as low or no tread can lead to sliding.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 5 Oct. 2025
  • None is more important than quarterback Lamar Jackson.
    Jacob Camenker, USA Today, 5 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • His reflective blue shades were perched atop a baseball cap, obscuring much of his face.
    Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The pride in Plough’s expressions and the tone of his voice was reflective of the theme that every victory is to be savored in this rough-and-tumble sport, one in which no one weeps for the wounded.
    Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 5 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The powerful currents of flash floods can carry drivers off the road.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Oxygen bleach soaks—Oxygen bleach (not to be confused with chlorine bleach) is a gentle yet powerful whitening agent.
    Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2025

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“Significant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/significant. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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