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as in person
a member of the human race
every individual has value
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as in entity
one that has a real and independent existence
our general concept of what constitutes a chair is based on our experience with many individuals that were called chairs
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as in subjective
of, relating to, or belonging to a single person
everyone has his or her own individual opinion about the subject, but you will have to work together
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as in separate
not the same or shared
guest rooms at the inn have individual bathrooms
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as in characteristic
serving to identify as belonging to an individual or group
he's got a highly individual laugh that I would know anywhere
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Recent Examples of individual
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
23 June 2026
Committee members can nominate no more than one individual in the Player Category, the Builder Category and the Referee or Linesman Category.
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Curtis Pashelka,
Mercury News,
21 June 2026
Ariana Quihuiz,
PEOPLE,
22 June 2026
No back orders, unless specified by the individual vendor.
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ABC News,
22 June 2026
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Noun
There’s nothing about individuals or individual success.
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Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
23 June 2026
Committee members can nominate no more than one individual in the Player Category, the Builder Category and the Referee or Linesman Category.
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Curtis Pashelka,
Mercury News,
21 June 2026
Adjective
In an October 2025 YouTube video, Haaland and Johansen shared how their individual soccer careers help bond them.
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Ariana Quihuiz,
PEOPLE,
22 June 2026
No back orders, unless specified by the individual vendor.
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ABC News,
22 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for individual
Noun
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As officers moved inside, the suspect ran out the back of the building, where other officers stationed along a perimeter took the person into custody, police said.
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Sees another email that says that the person who's going to shut it down is having extramarital affair.
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One of the entities that helped turn an idea into those accounts was a partnership called the Emergency Savings Initiative (ESI), between asset manager BlackRock and Commonwealth, a national nonprofit focused on financial security.
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Generally, dark energy and dark matter are regarded as separate entities, their elusiveness their primary link.
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Which is my personal favorite color.
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Yet modern soccer stars are also their own personal brands.
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The criminal case comes as the victims’ families pursue a separate lawsuit filed in December and amended in April, alleging the crash and its aftermath were marked by a series of preventable failures.
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As is customary when deputies shoot a suspect, the Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau and Internal Affairs Bureau have launched separate investigations.
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Mehra’s strategy is characteristic of a career built on creating categories, not just competing in them.
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Adams offered two incidental new piano pieces and one for string quartet containing his characteristic rhythmic excitement and melodic eloquence.
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Suarez, the Braves’ setup man, and arguably the team’s top offseason acquisition, was an All-Star closer for the Padres the past two seasons.
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Nationally, women receive an average of $1,760 monthly in Social Security, $438 less than the $2,198 men receive on average.
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Many of the injuries displayed rectangular, band-like and patterned characteristics consistent with impact from a belt-like object, Detective Balders wrote.
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In her two-story home, lamps and other objects began swaying violently.
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There remains the question of whether vibe coding works in the artistic space, where the goal is not simply a functional end product but a more nebulous, subjective piece of art.
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But that is much more difficult in practice, because attitudes and subjective norms are chiseled by years of individual experiences, information and cultural influences.
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“Individual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/individual. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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