significantly

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Recent Examples of significantly Since their debut in 1986, American Girl has shrunk their historical line significantly–including paring down the traditional six-book set for each historical character into two streamlined texts. — Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026 Credit card interest rates, meanwhile, have jumped significantly in recent years. — ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026 Immigrant patients who did come into the ER during the first four weeks after June 5, 2025, were significantly more likely to be sick enough to require hospitalization. — Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026 Results dropped significantly for mathematics, where writers have fewer choices in wording. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for significantly
Recent Examples of Synonyms for significantly
Adverb
  • Upcoming episodes expand considerably beyond the traditional business world.
    — Anna Tingley, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Outperformance for the non-magnificent S & P 493 would come at key point for the stock market, which has chugged along fine on the headline level thanks to the megacaps but has seen its breadth weaken considerably beneath the surface.
    — Sarah Min, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026
Adverb
  • In August, two drug companies announced that their mRNA vaccine, combined with an immunotherapy drug, had substantially cut the risk of the return of melanoma.
    — Amanda Erickson, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Such originality comes at substantially less than $50M production costs.
    — Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2026
Adverb
  • The third, Surrender, is a massage performed in water, in which the buoyancy and warmth allow the body to completely relax and let go.
    — Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 3 Oct. 2026
  • What’s different about this style is that its uppers are completely decorated with small, shimmering crystal details in a silvery, light-catching finish.
    — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026
Adverb
  • Rather’s style and demeanor were noticeably different from Cronkite’s reassuring cadence.
    — Walter Podrazik, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Blackened white gold around the stones gave the settings a noticeably darker finish than conventional white-metal diamond jewelry, while the hoops themselves were yellow gold.
    — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • Classes were totally or partially suspended on Tuesday at 891 schools, according to the Education Ministry.
    — NICOLAS GARRIGA, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Us Weekly, which used to be a quasi-People magazine and very friendly, turned into something totally different and gossipy.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026
Adverb
  • Having absolutely no chance of playing past the 162 and getting to plan your offseason appropriately.
    — Sean Joseph OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • But neither source absolutely predicts whether 2026 will be a record-warm year, the spokesperson said, citing NOAA physical scientist Russell Vose.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2026

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“Significantly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/significantly. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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