INDEPENDENTLY Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

independently

adverb

Definition of independently

as in separately

without aid or support independently came to the same conclusion

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Recent Examples of independently These bivalve cancers have emerged independently at least ten times, with some even jumping species or crossing oceans. — John Drake, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026 Kennedy spoke for a 5-4 conservative majority to rule that corporations, unions and other groups were free to spend money independently to oppose or support candidates. — Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2026 The license activates with a Microsoft account, and once that’s done, the desktop apps run independently. — Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 26 July 2026 Women develop it at higher rates than men, and family history raises risk independently of lifestyle. — Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 25 July 2026 The company envisions a future in which robots and intelligent automation systems perform many repetitive and hazardous tasks independently, supported by continuous data analysis and machine learning. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 25 July 2026 The models involved in the current incident involving Hugging Face reportedly operated independently for days, which would seem to meet that long-range autonomy standard. — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 25 July 2026 In other words, the tumors appear to have come from a single line of cancer cells that have then spread from fish to fish, rather than occurring independently. — Dr. Yonathan Daniel, ABC News, 25 July 2026 Iran also claims to have struck Amazon’s cloud-computing infrastructure in Bahrain, but this has not been independently verified. — Thomas Wright, The Atlantic, 25 July 2026

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Unlike conventional drone operations, where individual aircraft are controlled separately, swarms are designed to allow multiple unmanned systems to coordinate, share information, adapt to battlefield conditions, and carry out missions collectively.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 21 July 2026
Conservative Member of Parliament Priti Patel separately criticized Burnham and Miliband over plans to proceed with the Chagos Islands agreement.

— Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of separately

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Heat domes are sprawling areas of strong high pressure that act like a lid on the atmosphere, trapping heat underneath and squelching clouds and precipitation with their sinking air, resulting in thousands of excess deaths in Europe alone.

— Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
Given the going rate for starters, his annual salary alone could push past $21 million and blast the Thunder into the second apron.

— Fred Katz, New York Times, 24 July 2026

Definition of alone

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Every pairing is created individually, tailored not only to the menu but also to each guest's preferences, experience and occasion.

— Yuri Shima, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
Canned cocktails and individually bottled beverages are self-serve drink-station options that make party hosting that much easier.

— Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 July 2026

Definition of individually

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To save the cost and effort of pumping millions of liters of seawater solely to obtain minerals, the researchers propose bolting modular reactors onto coastal desalination plants, which already move enormous quantities of the stuff.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 July 2026
Rather than relying solely on its onboard battery, the drone received continuous power from the vessel, enabling longer-duration aerial surveillance.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 27 July 2026

Definition of solely

Adverb

In larger spaces, plant masses of Touch of Gold® Holly as a carpet beneath taller shrubs for a vibrant foundation or set singly as an accent in mixed borders.

— Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 11 June 2026
When eggs or embryos are destroyed as the result of commercial egg storage tank failures, lawsuits may follow, singly, as a group, or in a class action.

— Robert W. Wood, Forbes.com, 6 May 2026

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