as in separately
without aid or support
independently came to the same conclusion
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Emergency responders recovered a body from the East River Friday night, the second to surface in the same day amid search efforts for two teenagers who are separately believed to have drowned last week.—
Roni Jacobson,
New York Daily News,
7 June 2025 -
The justices also separately reined in orders seeking transparency at DOGE, the team once led by billionaire Elon Musk.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
7 June 2025
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Build Safety Through Regulation, Not Just Reflection Understanding your attachment style can bring powerful insight but insight alone doesn’t rewire your patterns.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
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In an empty warehouse somewhere, McKenna leaves Stabler alone with Vincent Mathis, Emery’s thug.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
12 June 2025
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The Coliseum has shifted the tournament to the west coast for the first time after games previously were played solely in Dallas, the hub of American cricket, and a small ground in Morrisville, North Carolina.—
Tristan Lavalette,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
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Romantic comedies have always existed almost solely for pleasure’s sake—that’s what’s great about them.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
13 June 2025
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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 17 Jun. 2025.
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