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
This dilemma unfolded as delegates still waited to hear from all three gubernatorial candidates before casting a vote for that respective nominee.
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Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 25 Apr. 2026
With Ryan Gosling starring as Grace, the film portrays schoolteacher Grace and extraterrestrial Rocky (voiced by James Ortiz) on a mysterious mission to save their respective worlds.
—Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 24 Apr. 2026
And yet these two disorders may have the same underlying causes, as Traynor and Rosa Rademakers, a neurogeneticist who studies FTD, and their respective colleagues discovered independently in 2011.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 24 Apr. 2026
The brothers now share another unique bond, being selected in the first round of the drafts for their respective sports.
—Kelly McCarthy, ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026
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Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 25 Apr. 2026
With Ryan Gosling starring as Grace, the film portrays schoolteacher Grace and extraterrestrial Rocky (voiced by James Ortiz) on a mysterious mission to save their respective worlds.
—Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 24 Apr. 2026
And yet these two disorders may have the same underlying causes, as Traynor and Rosa Rademakers, a neurogeneticist who studies FTD, and their respective colleagues discovered independently in 2011.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 24 Apr. 2026
The brothers now share another unique bond, being selected in the first round of the drafts for their respective sports.
—Kelly McCarthy, ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for respective
Adjective
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Everything was a little different.—
John Maffei,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Apr. 2026
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Not noticeably different than any other basic frozen waffle.—
Alex Beggs,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
25 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Iran’s foreign minister instead made two separate visits to Islamabad on the weekend, with Axios reporting that a new proposal was made to the US and conveyed through Pakistani mediators.—
Dan Strumpf,
Bloomberg,
27 Apr. 2026
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These separate incidents have always stayed with me.—
Cressida Leyshon,
New Yorker,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Respective.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/respective. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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