How to Use respective in a Sentence

respective

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• The grants awarded were up to 50% of the respective projects’ total costs.
  — Devan Patel, The Mercury News, 4 Oct. 2024
• This is the fourth year in a row that those cities have cemented their respective places on the top 3.
  — The Enquirer, 23 Feb. 2024
• The car-line names appear only once, and that's on the respective hatch lids.
  — Patrick Bedard, Car and Driver, 16 Apr. 2023
• The first three movies were the biggest releases of their respective years, and the fourth was No. 2 (behind The Dark Knight).
  — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 15 May 2023
• Over in the National League, the Mets and Dodgers took a 1-0 lead in their respective series.
  — Andrew Torgan, CNN, 6 Oct. 2024
• The two checked in with their respective friend groups and then spent two to three hours getting to know each other over wings.
  — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2024
• Sewell and Kavanagh are both the first women in their respective roles.
  — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2023
• William and Haakon, who are both next in line for the throne of their respective countries, kept their looks classic in navy suits.
  — Sophie Dweck, Town & Country, 2 Mar. 2023
• Both Raines and Gunn will serve 10 years each on their respective manslaughter charges and five years on their child abuse charges.
  — Christina Coulter, Fox News, 14 Nov. 2023
• What was the audition process like for your respective shows?
  — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024
• There will be challenges for both Biden and Trump now with how to spin this to their respective advantages.
  — Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 31 May 2024
• Your cards, laptop, tablet, pens, keys, cables, and drinks will all find their respective homes in the Tumi Brief Pack.
  — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 5 Jan. 2024
• Both endorsed the other in their respective races up until that point.
  — Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner, 15 Dec. 2023
• The parents of three, and Live with Kelly and Mark hosts, both posted tributes to Michael to their respective accounts.
  — Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 2 June 2023
• Both Garcia and Perez will reprise their roles at their respective infield spots.
  — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 28 Mar. 2024
• The cost of the respective services will depend on your relationship with the brand.
  — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 9 May 2023
• Big fights don’t happen because the respective teams and fighters can’t agree.
  — Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2023
• The plan is that, on their respective nights, one of the four will kick off the broadcast with opening remarks and make appearances throughout the evening.
  — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Aug. 2024
• The restrictions do not apply to the transport of Ukrainian goods through the respective countries.
  — Tobi Raji, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2023
• Complaints by Bengals about some Ravens carried over to the respective fan bases.
  — The Enquirer, 11 Jan. 2023
• Both figures were ahead of respective estimates for gains of 0.3% and 3.8%.
  — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2024
• Our top four pro sports teams all raised their respective roofs, winning world titles.
  — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 26 May 2023
• Neither candidate was the top spender in their respective race.
  — Ben Kamisar, NBC News, 17 May 2023
• But nine colleges and universities rose to the top in their respective states for patent filing, as well.
  — al, 22 June 2023
• Much is written in Spare about how Harry and William looked at their respective weddings.
  — Town & Country, 10 Jan. 2023
• Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout, the captains, carried their respective country’s flags.
  — Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2023
• With geometric and stylized aesthetics, the pieces nod to the respective themes without being too on the nose.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 8 June 2023
• The two split a doubleheader on Tuesday and now look to the back of their respective rotations for a series win.
  — Tanner McGrath, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2023
• Both films ended up #10 among domestic releases in their respective years.
  — Tom Brueggemann, IndieWire, 18 Oct. 2024
• This summer, 44 years after its release, both the Democratic and Republican National Conventions played the track for their respective nominees.
  — Jason Newman, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 2 Nov 2024