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respective

[ri-spek-tiv] / rɪˈspɛk tɪv /


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And its main competitors in frontier AI model development—Anthropic and OpenAI—are both racing toward public offerings this year that will add to their own respective financial firepower.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

Panish reminded jurors that witnesses testified that, in the September 2020 incident, Grossman and her then-lover Erickson were racing their respective Mercedes SUVs on the roads that surrounded the lake in Westlake Village.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

The respective diagnoses do not rule out the possibility of also having Ebola, officials say.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

The rivals only re-established ties in a 2023 deal brokered by China, which saw embassies reopen in their respective capitals.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

When we reached the bottom of Prema Estates, Spoon and I split up and headed to our respective homes.

From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben




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