as in individually
not together with someone or something else
The software is sold separately from the hardware. Store the raw meat separately so it doesn't contaminate the other food. The professor met with each student separately.
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Recent Examples of separately
With the help of a nurse and an off-duty cop who happened upon the scene separately — and later married — the arm was retrieved, and doctors reattached it at the hospital.
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Todd Longwell, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
This patent-pending process has configured a cutting machine to produce all the fiber lengths at the same time, rather than cutting them separately and blending them afterward.
—Sj Studio, Sourcing Journal, 9 Oct. 2025
Spectrum, the brand name for Charter Communications broadband and video, is launching a new app store and, separately, will partner with Apple on a selection of live Lakers games this season for Apple Vision Pro.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
Keel said separately there was no evidence that the fire had been set off by an explosion as if it were linked to a bombing.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2025
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Todd Longwell, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
This patent-pending process has configured a cutting machine to produce all the fiber lengths at the same time, rather than cutting them separately and blending them afterward.
—Sj Studio, Sourcing Journal, 9 Oct. 2025
Spectrum, the brand name for Charter Communications broadband and video, is launching a new app store and, separately, will partner with Apple on a selection of live Lakers games this season for Apple Vision Pro.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
Keel said separately there was no evidence that the fire had been set off by an explosion as if it were linked to a bombing.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for separately
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The items are marked on shelves, and purchased individually—no coupons necessary.—
Abigail Wilt,
Southern Living,
15 Oct. 2025
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The items are purchsed individually but marked for the deal on the store shelf, Aldi said in a release.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
15 Oct. 2025
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Reports on social media also suggested that a Pakistani intelligence office was hit on Wednesday in an incident in Peshawar, a city just to the north of Pakistan's Orakzai district, though Fox News Digital could not independently confirm this.—
Caitlin McFall,
FOXNews.com,
15 Oct. 2025
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All products featured on Vogue are independently selected by our editors.—
Hannah Coates,
Vogue,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Separately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/separately. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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