substantially

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Founder and CEO Nilam Ganenthiran declined to disclose Beacon’s valuation, but said it had increased substantially from the $1 billion the company cited at its $250 million Series B round in November.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

“Comics Unleashed” drew 1.1 million viewers in its debut in the new time slot last month, down substantially from the 2.7 million Colbert’s show averaged in its final season.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

The team's experiments showed that the gold-patterned structures substantially increased the amount of heat moving across the gap, achieving heat transfer rates up to four times greater than comparable systems lacking the engineered patterns.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

The world built and commissioned more coal power in 2025, but used the polluting fuel less, with the United States the only major economy to substantially increase generation, analysis by the Global Energy Monitor shows.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

The answer: yes indeed, additional police substantially lower the crime rate.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt