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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Sentencing dates for Dalaly and Johnson are set for Sept. 14 and Sept. 28, respectively.
    Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 28 Apr. 2023
  • The first two batters, Ryan Kreidler and Zack Short, reached base safely on a throwing error and hit-by-pitch, respectively.
    Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 26 Mar. 2023
  • Shares of Barclays and Deutsche Bank added 4.3% and about 3%, respectively, after the banks posted strong profit growths despite the banking tumult last month.
    From Cnn's Krystal Hur, Nicole Goodkind, Alicia Wallace, Bryan Mena, Elisabeth Buchwald and Anna Bahney, CNN, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Six of the 21 who were convicted appealed, including May and Phil Chadwick, who had been sentenced to two years and twelve years, respectively.
    Carol Roark, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 July 2024
  • Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman, who also started all 38 games so far, were out by the seventh and eighth, respectively.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2024
  • That’s a 59 percent increase and a 37 percent increase, respectively, from the year prior.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Genova and his wife are high school teachers in Wellesley and Somerville, respectively.
    Deanna Pan, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Then, instead of making a mess and getting your floor all wet, step out onto a plush bath mat, and wrap yourself in a cozy towel — these Parachute picks are now just $44 and $36, respectively.
    Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 28 July 2024
  • Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo continued their slow starts to the season with 15 and 11 points respectively.
    Matias Grez, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024

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