significantly

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Recent Examples of significantly In its spring session, the Supreme Court significantly narrowed the Voting Rights Act. Tonya Mosley, NPR, 8 July 2026 That includes significantly increasing nitrogen absorption by about two-thirds and more than doubling phosphorus uptake, two of the most important nutrients for plant growth. Esther Ndumi Ngumbi, The Conversation, 8 July 2026 The New Standard for Healthcare Supply The healthcare supply industry has changed significantly since the pandemic and looks very different now. Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 8 July 2026 Culture is significantly more difficult to create and, therefore, to replicate. Gary Zammit, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for significantly
Recent Examples of Synonyms for significantly
Adverb
  • The other, which is a considerably big group, are very angry.
    Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 7 July 2026
  • Until the individual pieces emerge, her guests have provided a considerably more detailed jewelry report.
    Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 7 July 2026
Adverb
  • The Board of Regents has turned over substantially, with newer appointees now in the majority.
    Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
  • Thanks to the design, all three elements are evenly separated upon exiting the barrel, improving firing accuracy and substantially increasing the probability of hitting small targets, reported TASS.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 8 July 2026
Adverb
  • Communists want to end capitalism and replace it with a system where almost all private property is outlawed and the economy is completely run by the state.
    Franco Ordoñez, NPR, 10 July 2026
  • The north offers something completely different to the south.
    Megan Rose Murray, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 July 2026
Adverb
  • Through Monday, 34 million people from Delaware to Connecticut are under flood alerts, though the severe weather risk is noticeably lower.
    Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 5 July 2026
  • Farage has given noticeably fewer press conferences in the months since the Guardian story broke, though that period also coincided with two months of campaigning for the local elections and Makerfield by-election.
    Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
Adverb
  • Bond has always been an intriguing vessel; by design, the spy is detached and isolated, a character who can disappear into the shadows and emerge totally fixated on a new mission with his past loves and losses brushed off with ease.
    Emily Maskell, IndieWire, 10 July 2026
  • There’s something powerful about pairing a hundred-year-old heritage object with something that feels totally of-the-moment.
    Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 9 July 2026
Adverb
  • The very next day, Bahrain accused Iran of firing a drone that damaged a desalination plant—a facility absolutely critical to the tiny Gulf state for converting seawater into drinking water.
    Sarah Yerkes, Time, 10 July 2026
  • But insufficient compensation, unclear incentives or weak financial security can absolutely undermine motivation.
    Brent Gleeson, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

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“Significantly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/significantly. Accessed 13 Jul. 2026.

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