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respective

[ri-spek-tiv] / rɪˈspɛk tɪv /


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The competition between Anthropic and OpenAI has also been extended to their respective valuations.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

The Presbyterian Church of the U.S. and the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace, a Catholic religious order, filed the respective proposals.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

Electric three-wheelers and motorbikes already account for more than 30% and 15% of sales in their respective categories.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

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

The two eldest Glass boys, Seymour and Buddy, had moved into it in 1929, at the respective ages of twelve and ten, and had vacated it when they were twenty-three and twenty-one.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger




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