as in separately
without aid or support
independently came to the same conclusion
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Adverb
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In a case that's drawing significant social media attention, a Georgia college student and her father are being held in the same immigration detention center and facing deportation after they were separately stopped by police for driving without valid licenses.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
15 May 2025 -
Most researchers study these factors separately because of technical challenges and a lack of large, uniform datasets.—
Arun Durvasula,
The Conversation,
14 May 2025
Adverb
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Richard used Harper's phone to call her father, but Harper was later removed, leaving Richard locked alone in the car for two hours.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA Today,
20 May 2025
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To some extent, this makes up for the relatively anemic tutorial, as many (but not all) of the game's most important concepts are intuitively obvious from the user interface alone.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
19 May 2025
Adverb
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Its continued existence occurs solely because of our commitment to enable it to survive.—
Jody Mamone,
Hartford Courant,
20 May 2025
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The bill, which goes into effect July 1, says an officer cannot stop a boat or board someone’s boat solely to do a safety or equipment inspection.—
Angie DiMichele,
Sun Sentinel,
19 May 2025
Adverb
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Understanding Squash Vine Borers The adult female moths lay small reddish-brown disc-like eggs (about 1mm in diameter) singly at the base of each plant stem, depositing about 200 eggs during her lifetime.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
23 Apr. 2025
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Runners singly crisscross the street in black balaclavas and tight-fitting black tops and black tights and black gloves.—
Joseph O’Neill,
The New Yorker,
23 Feb. 2025
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“Independently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/independently. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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