How to Use significantly in a Sentence

significantly

adverb
  • He looked significantly in her direction when he said that some of us are not doing our jobs.
  • Another store sold the game for a significantly lower price.
  • If you take my advice, your chances of winning will increase significantly.
  • People who smoke have a significantly greater risk of developing lung cancer than people who don't.
  • The 12 and the 12 Pro are the same size, while the Pro Max is significantly larger.
    Jennifer Korn, CNN, 11 Sep. 2023
  • The storm is set to knock out power and significantly disrupt travel, work and school.
    Alexandra Banner, CNN, 13 Feb. 2024
  • State climate planners are counting on solar’s share to significantly grow by the end of the decade.
    Sabrina Shankman, BostonGlobe.com, 13 May 2023
  • The fees and taxes can significantly offset any savings achieved through the process.
    Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Dec. 2023
  • And since leaving that apartment, my life has not gotten significantly worse in any sort of way.
    Quartz Staff, Quartz, 5 May 2023
  • One of them is for young adults with anorexia, a disorder that can significantly ramp up the risk of death if left untreated.
    Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2024
  • But there's no dispute that the Milwaukee Bucks arena has brought significantly more arena shows to the city each year.
    Journal Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2024
  • If the fluid level drops significantly, Hyundai said, the driver would see a warning light.
    Tom Krisher, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2024
  • At this point, the biggest surprise might be that the electric-car maker stuck with the thing and doesn’t appear to have significantly softened its design.
    Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The defense will need to significantly slow down an explosive USC offense to keep things close.
    Joe Morgan, Fox News, 21 Oct. 2023
  • The building’s front entrance and second floor were significantly damaged, Cape Girardeau police said at the time of the arson.
    Mallika Kallingal, CNN, 5 Aug. 2023
  • Providing relief within the home can significantly reduce the amount of stress on a new parent.
    Jazmin Towe, Parents, 29 Aug. 2023
  • This is significantly less than the peak during the financial crisis, when the proportion hit 13%.
    Samanth Subramanian, Quartz, 9 Mar. 2024
  • Russia and Ukraine may have struggled to shift things significantly on the battlefield for more than 16 months, but a new phase of the war is moving the needle in a way that’s having wider repercussions.
    Daryna Krasnolutska, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2024
  • But year-over-year growth in sales for the sporty kicks has cooled significantly since its 2021 peak, according to research firm Euromonitor.
    Faran Krentcil, WSJ, 22 Dec. 2023
  • The gallery had emptied out significantly as debate stretched into hour four.
    Lauren McGaughy, Dallas News, 14 May 2023
  • At the same time, Black people are significantly less likely than white people to think of cryptocurrencies as risky.
    WIRED, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Rainfall amounts will vary significantly, with desert cities such as Palm Springs and Yuma, Ariz., expected to receive up to 5 inches in a matter of days.
    Jeremy Childs, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2023
  • That’s significantly less than the 13% stake in Tesla that Musk owns, so there is potentially a lot of downside still to go should his carmaker be re-rated.
    Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Expect Labor Day 2023 crowds to be no different, but some days around the long weekend are significantly busier than others.
    Nerdwallet, cleveland, 6 Aug. 2023
  • In early May, there was a prevailing sense that spending from some TV stalwarts would be down significantly.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 10 July 2023
  • The spinoff is said to have a significantly bigger budget, with ambitions to reach an audience beyond the Philippines.
    Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2024
  • By submerging the food in cold water, heat is conducted away from the food much more efficiently than in the air, significantly speeding up the thawing process.
    Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Now with those emergencies in the rear-view mirror, a divergence has emerged: Even as the U.S. continues to let deficits rip, Europe’s are on track to narrow significantly.
    Paul Hannon, WSJ, 22 Oct. 2023
  • The next day, NASA announced that two of its landmark flights — one to send a crew of four around the moon, the other to land astronauts on it — will be delayed significantly while the space agency works through technical issues.
    Christian Davenport, Washington Post, 13 Feb. 2024
  • The irritated portions of his skin and lips had dulled significantly.
    Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 12 Oct. 2023

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