as in solitary
a person who lives away from others St. Jerome is said to have spent two years as a hermit in the desert, searching for inner peace

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Recent Examples of hermit Trapped: Mind-Altering Shorts Date & Venue TBA Tap into the collective unconscious of a rogue’s gallery of grifters, hermits, and sociopaths with our infamous showcase of gloriously confounding cinematic curios. Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 12 May 2025 Earthy and cozy Taurus season might have you in slight hermit mode, but take advantage of any social events that arise during the first week of May, as your chatty ruler Mercury will make a sweet and fun-loving connection with lucky planet Jupiter in your sign on May 5. Nina Kahn, StyleCaster, 28 Apr. 2025 The ubiquitous Sussexes, who have come on strong of late, came in second (17.5 percent), and Elon Musk, compared to whom Meghan and Harry seem like hermits, finished third (15.2 percent). Air Mail, 29 Mar. 2025 Or take another boat (there is not a boat that goes to both islands on a round trip) to the smaller island of Saint-Honorat, to an abbey founded by a hermit in 410CE, when monks owned most of Cannes. Alex Ledsom, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for hermit
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Noun
  • However, Local Law 42, the law limiting solitary, requires 14 hours per day of out-of-cell time.
    Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Sweat was then confined to 23-hour-a-day solitary at Five Points Correctional Center, though he was subsequently transferred to Attica Correctional after trying to bribe Five Points officials.
    Kenny Herzog, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2024
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  • Now a recluse with only the company of a maid and a tutor, Kyle becomes infatuated with a former classmate, Lindy Taylor (Vanessa Hudgens).
    Francesca Gariano, People.com, 1 May 2025
  • Summit, June 10 Image So Far Gone by Jess Walter Rhys Kinnick, a journalist and a recluse, is living off the grid in the woods near Spokane, Wash., when his grandchildren are kidnapped by thugs.
    Laura Thompson, New York Times, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • Many companies now sell CBD oils, tinctures, or isolates that can be added to a homemade batch of lemonade.
    Matt Rozo, Mercury News, 28 May 2025
  • Rigorous testing, including AI-specific penetration tests guided by NIST’s AI risk framework, is crucial, and sandboxing isolates code until validated.
    Andres Zunino, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025

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“Hermit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hermit. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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