as in solitaries
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 hermits
The cautious hermits of the KMT do not attempt to forecast the future.
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Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 16 Sep. 2025
Many of us became hermits when COVID-19 ravaged our sense of normalcy, and some still haven’t quite gotten back into the swing of in-person dating.
—Essence, 5 Sep. 2025
The practice of self-flagellation, Norman Cohn informs us, was seemingly first adopted by monastic hermits in the eleventh century.
—Michael Robbins, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 16 Sep. 2025
Many of us became hermits when COVID-19 ravaged our sense of normalcy, and some still haven’t quite gotten back into the swing of in-person dating.
—Essence, 5 Sep. 2025
The practice of self-flagellation, Norman Cohn informs us, was seemingly first adopted by monastic hermits in the eleventh century.
—Michael Robbins, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hermits
isolates
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The result is a five-phage product capable of killing a broad range of Enterobacter isolates.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Sep. 2025
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Adductor Machine The adductor machine isolates and strengthens inner thigh muscles effectively.—
Sixteen Ramos,
USA Today,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Hermits.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hermits. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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