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
The on-court and off-court styles feature three unique colorways for each respective tournament.
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Julia Teti, Footwear News, 27 May 2025
Everyone is just performing the most-predictable version of their respective character archetypes.
—ArsTechnica, 27 May 2025
Previously reported monthly and year-over-year revenue and ridership gains have not been enough to keep the bond-rating agencies from concluding that Brightline fell short of the agencies’ respective forecasts.
—David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 27 May 2025
Both teams come into the series in first place in their respective divisions.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 16 May 2025
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Julia Teti, Footwear News, 27 May 2025
Everyone is just performing the most-predictable version of their respective character archetypes.
—ArsTechnica, 27 May 2025
Previously reported monthly and year-over-year revenue and ridership gains have not been enough to keep the bond-rating agencies from concluding that Brightline fell short of the agencies’ respective forecasts.
—David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 27 May 2025
Both teams come into the series in first place in their respective divisions.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 16 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for respective
Adjective
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But Mbappe chose to distance himself from that debate and his opening season was different to Ronaldo’s.—
Guillermo Rai,
New York Times,
28 May 2025
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Young, a British Columbia native who played for three different colleges and spent seven seasons in the minors before playing for the Doosan Bears in South Korea last season, hit his fourth career Major League homer and his first since September 2009 with the Chicago Cubs.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
28 May 2025
Adjective
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Peninsular Malaysia is separate from Sarawak and Sabah, the Malaysian provinces on Borneo.—
Allan Marks,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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A lot of people also do not feel comfortable giving their data over to the federal government right now since some federal data previously kept separate, such as tax data kept by the IRS, is now being turned over to immigration enforcement, Cameron said.—
R. Christian Smith,
Chicago Tribune,
5 June 2025
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“Respective.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/respective. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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