substantially
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By the Fed’s most recent meeting in late April, some officials had grown substantially more cautious about inflation.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
ONS chief economist Grant Fitzner said April's borrowing figure was "substantially higher" than a year earlier, with higher tax receipts being "more than offset by higher spending on benefits and other costs".
From BBC • May 22, 2026
That was a fourth straight weekly decline and substantially surpasses market expectations of a reduction of around 2.5 million barrels.
From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026
Airbnb declined to comment but in the past has denied claims its platform substantially contributes to housing affordability issues, and has donated to housing initiatives.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
The person should have known that their conduct was wrong and didn’t just deviate from what was right, but substantially deviated.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
Vocabulary lists containing substantially
John F. Kennedy's Address to the American People on the Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
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Lee Surrenders to Grant (1865)
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