How to Use respectively in a Sentence

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  • The two schools with the most arrests during the last four school years had 16 and 18, respectively.
    Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 17 Dec. 2022
  • There’s also a cap and a to-go coffee cup, in black and white respectively.
    Talia Abbas, Vogue, 21 June 2024
  • These flights have one-way fares for as little as $69 and $49, respectively.
    Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2023
  • All three phases scored for Louisville, which had a 31-yard field goal and safety in the first and fourth quarters, respectively.
    Alexis Cubit, The Courier-Journal, 14 Dec. 2022
  • With one game remaining apiece, the schools are ranked No. 3 and No. 2, respectively.
    Marc Bona, cleveland, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Levi and John — played, respectively, by Benson and Moorhead — are in way, way too deep.
    K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2022
  • Sweeney and Seyfried will take on the starring roles of Millie and Nina, respectively.
    Emily Blackwood, People.com, 29 Jan. 2025
  • Now 56 and 53, respectively, the siblings have spent the majority of their lives in prison.
    Angel Saunders, People.com, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Those two trips would take six and a half and seven and a half hours respectively, and that’s with no stops, unlikely for a roughly 2,000-mile trip.
    Paolo Confino, Fortune, 19 May 2024
  • The latter were played by Val Kilmer and Joanne Whalley, respectively, who as an off-screen bonus got married after the film.
    Brian Lowry, CNN, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Those shows have now been rescheduled for Dec. 2, Dec. 3 and Dec. 16, respectively.
    Nicholas Rice, Peoplemag, 3 Nov. 2022
  • With an injury-riddled roster, Oak Hills hung tough with a team that put up 59 and 49 points respectively in its last two games.
    The Enquirer, 10 Sep. 2022
  • With Monte Vista starting, both teams made and missed their first penalty kicks, respectively.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2024
  • And the display sizes will remain the same as on the current models, that is, 6.3-inches and 6.9-inches respectively on the two Pro models.
    David Phelan, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
  • DeAaron Fox and Kevin Huerter had 19 and 13, respectively.
    Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Boyd and Higgins had five catches each for 35 and 33 yards respectively.
    cleveland, 18 Dec. 2022
  • He was joined by singers Brent Faiyaz and Summer Walker on the former and latter, respectively.
    William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 25 Feb. 2024
  • The Swiss franc and the British pound depreciated 0.5% and 0.2% respectively against the U.S. dollar.
    Quentin Webb, WSJ, 22 Sep. 2022
  • Before, only one member of the House and Senate respectively had to object to force a roll call vote on a state's electors.
    Dallas News, 23 Dec. 2022
  • Before, only one member of the House and Senate respectively had to object to force a roll call vote on a state’s electors.
    Nicholas Riccardi, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Dec. 2022
  • Before, only one member of the House and Senate respectively had to object to force a roll-call vote on a state's electors.
    Arkansas Online, 24 Dec. 2022
  • The deaths include a 73-year-old man and a 79-year-old woman from mid- and western Riverside County, respectively.
    Priscella Vega, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2023
  • These two accent marks—a quarter and an eighth of an ounce, respectively—utterly change the character of the drink.
    Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 18 July 2024
  • Both were well ahead of the nearest competitors, Disney+ and Hulu – both owned by Disney – with nine and eight wins, respectively.
    Brian Lowry, CNN, 12 Sep. 2022
  • The two series covered 59 and 89 yards, respectively, and consumed more than six minutes apiece.
    Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2023
  • Now Frannie and Hank meet Ray and Leila, respectively, a little sooner, after which the movie loops back to things that happened before.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Texas and Florida are second and third, respectively with New York coming in at fourth.
    Amber Gray-Fenner, Forbes, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Solo home runs from Mullins and Gunnar Henderson in the third and fourth, respectively, extended the Orioles’ lead to four.
    Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 23 May 2023
  • Harry's children with Meghan, Archie and Lilibet, are now sixth and seventh in line, respectively.
    Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 10 Sep. 2022
  • There's of course Nick Suzuki and Cole Caulfield's steps forward in assuming their roles as franchise players, both leading the club with 43 and 42 points, respectively.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025

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