prospectively
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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Prospectively, this is a small figure compared to the 2.5 billion people sized problem.
From Forbes • Dec. 9, 2014
Prospectively, our summers are short here in the Pacific Northwest.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 7, 2014
Prospectively, of course, I'm looking for laws that I think are pro-consumer.
From Washington Post • Jun. 26, 2010
Prospectively redoubtable Army was none too redoubtable against Boston University and Detroit on its first two Saturdays.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Prospectively poorer by something more than four hundred dollars, Banneker emerged from Mertoun's with his mentor.
From Success A Novel by Adams, Samuel Hopkins
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