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Recent Examples of loneliness
The comedy club The manosphere and the male loneliness epidemic has been too thoroughly litigated elsewhere to dwell on here.
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Donie O'Sullivan, CNN Money, 6 June 2026
Now, there’s a growing movement to address loneliness not just through personal choices but also through public policy.
—Aneri Pattani, USA Today, 6 June 2026
Along with a looser framing, shadow and contrast highlight loneliness and emotional ambiguity.
—Daron James, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026
The appeal for young people, experts say, seems to be twofold — a disenchantment with other institutions and with the growing loneliness of life lived on social media, together with a church that, starting with Pope Francis, has focused less on doctrine and more on social justice.
—ABC News, 1 June 2026
Yet, the series’s finest achievement may well be the clarity of its thoughts on loneliness, an epidemic affecting senior citizens as keenly as any other group.
—Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 31 May 2026
Spending more time looking at screens is linked to poor posture, eye strain, obesity, and loneliness, the pair highlights.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 29 May 2026
The picture was an author photo taken for the jacket of the book Baker wrote about male loneliness.
—Lyz Lenz, Rolling Stone, 28 May 2026
For some, this transit may highlight loneliness within relationships, unresolved family wounds or fears surrounding vulnerability and rejection.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 27 May 2026
Donie O'Sullivan, CNN Money, 6 June 2026
Now, there’s a growing movement to address loneliness not just through personal choices but also through public policy.
—Aneri Pattani, USA Today, 6 June 2026
Along with a looser framing, shadow and contrast highlight loneliness and emotional ambiguity.
—Daron James, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026
The appeal for young people, experts say, seems to be twofold — a disenchantment with other institutions and with the growing loneliness of life lived on social media, together with a church that, starting with Pope Francis, has focused less on doctrine and more on social justice.
—ABC News, 1 June 2026
Yet, the series’s finest achievement may well be the clarity of its thoughts on loneliness, an epidemic affecting senior citizens as keenly as any other group.
—Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 31 May 2026
Spending more time looking at screens is linked to poor posture, eye strain, obesity, and loneliness, the pair highlights.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 29 May 2026
The picture was an author photo taken for the jacket of the book Baker wrote about male loneliness.
—Lyz Lenz, Rolling Stone, 28 May 2026
For some, this transit may highlight loneliness within relationships, unresolved family wounds or fears surrounding vulnerability and rejection.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 27 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for loneliness
Noun
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Jocytė finished with three points in 16 minutes, most notably calling for an isolation against Clark and hitting a 3-pointer in her face.—
Nathan Canilao,
Mercury News,
29 May 2026
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The facility’s location was scheduled to be located on the Laikipia Airbase, about 125 miles north of the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, with additional isolation and biocontainment capacity to be added later, according to the US official.—
Larry Madowo,
CNN Money,
29 May 2026
Noun
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Create a sense of solitude with fast-growing plants that screen views while enhancing the garden.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
27 May 2026
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Saxophonist Sonny Rollins, who spent more than two years practicing in solitude as a young man on a windswept New York bridge to reinvent his playing and become one of the giants of jazz, died at the age of 95 on Monday, May 25, his publicist said.—
William Schomberg,
USA Today,
25 May 2026
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But the porch light, with only one working bulb, refuses to show us the perfect curves of her aloneness.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Apr. 2026
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This is a telling fantasy—to feel more content in one’s dreamed aloneness than in real society.—
Hillary Kelly,
The Atlantic,
20 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Just as slavery was a blight on young Amnerica, the Jim Crow and/or segregation also left its ugly print on our country.—
Bea L. Hines,
Miami Herald,
4 June 2026
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In court filings, incarcerated people and outside experts described administrative segregation units as psychologically damaging environments that can worsen symptoms and increase suicide risk.—
Kelly Davis,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 May 2026
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These immigrants, who first settled the backcountry of Pennsylvania before pushing farther to the western and southern frontier, brought with them a cultural and linguistic separateness that had an immense impact on the speech of the American heartland.—
Valerie Fridland,
Big Think,
21 Apr. 2026
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Byrne is generous with his time and attention, but there’s also a Warholian air of mystery about him—a gentle impenetrability, a feeling of separateness.—
Amanda Petrusich,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025
Noun
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On the west coast, Sal Salis offers a raw, deeply immersive connection to land and sea where luxury is defined by simplicity, seclusion and the untouched beauty of Cape Range National Park.—
Roger Sands,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2026
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Other allegations include intrusion upon seclusion, negligence, and unjust enrichment.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
2 June 2026
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The issue at hand – renewing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA – has created strange political bedfellows this year on Capitol Hill, miring lawmakers in a debate pitting privacy against safety while consuming much of Congress' election-year time.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
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In suites, a sliding hearth features built-in lighting and shelves, creating a separation between the living area and bedroom for guest privacy.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 June 2026
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“Loneliness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loneliness. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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