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Recent Examples of loneliness
For Lestat, embracing the loneliness has an immediate reaction on the muses lurking in the crowds at his show.
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Hunter Ingram, Variety, 22 June 2026
Research consistently shows that loneliness and isolation increase the risk of cardiovascular disease and cognitive decline.
—Ezekiel J. Emanuel, Fortune, 21 June 2026
Yet, underneath the sweet smile, there’s pain, grief, and loneliness.
—Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
Told from the perspective of an android, Ishiguro’s novel explores loneliness, love, humanity, and spirituality—which, as Waititi soon discovered, made the adaptation endeavor much more challenging than expected.
—Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 18 June 2026
The reticence of Cartland’s heroes belies agonies of loneliness.
—Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 18 June 2026
The loneliness epidemic fueling the trend The hunger for in-person gathering is showing up clearly in the data.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 18 June 2026
Since its inception, Only Murders in the Building has been about loneliness, says John Hoffman, who created the series with its co-lead, Steve Martin.
—Trey Williams, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2026
The Tired Dad was born nearly a decade ago as a social media persona, not only out of fatigue, but out of loneliness.
—Christian Dashiell Published, Parents, 18 June 2026
Hunter Ingram, Variety, 22 June 2026
Research consistently shows that loneliness and isolation increase the risk of cardiovascular disease and cognitive decline.
—Ezekiel J. Emanuel, Fortune, 21 June 2026
Yet, underneath the sweet smile, there’s pain, grief, and loneliness.
—Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
Told from the perspective of an android, Ishiguro’s novel explores loneliness, love, humanity, and spirituality—which, as Waititi soon discovered, made the adaptation endeavor much more challenging than expected.
—Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 18 June 2026
The reticence of Cartland’s heroes belies agonies of loneliness.
—Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 18 June 2026
The loneliness epidemic fueling the trend The hunger for in-person gathering is showing up clearly in the data.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 18 June 2026
Since its inception, Only Murders in the Building has been about loneliness, says John Hoffman, who created the series with its co-lead, Steve Martin.
—Trey Williams, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2026
The Tired Dad was born nearly a decade ago as a social media persona, not only out of fatigue, but out of loneliness.
—Christian Dashiell Published, Parents, 18 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for loneliness
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The irony is not lost on her; the same interconnected world that allows Korean dramas to find global audiences has also made genuine isolation almost impossible.—
Hannah Abraham,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
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The Aura report finds that as the summer wears on, one in three children score low on Aura's Digital Wellbeing Index, which correlates digital behaviors with a range of health parameters, including sleep, mood, isolation and their ability to regulate emotions.—
Rhitu Chatterjee,
NPR,
19 June 2026
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Today’s moon in Taurus moves through your 12th house of solitude, closure and subconscious realms, so your energy might be lower than usual.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
12 June 2026
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Because elk are social animals, forming large herds and seasonal harems, the bull must have had a sense of its solitude.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 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
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The story does not flinch from the realities of segregation, including the violence that the family faced moving into white neighborhoods in Fort Worth in the 1950s, but there is more hope than fear, more faith in the power of righteousness to defeat injustice, in its pages.—
Rob Salkowitz,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
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Owens was begrudgingly congratulated by Hitler, but neither he nor the other Black medalists were ever even acknowledged by Roosevelt, who had also refused to endorse a boycott of the Games—an effort led by Black and Jewish organizations that opposed both Nazism and American segregation.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
19 June 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
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In the seclusion of The Rabbit Hole, the members-only speakeasy in the building’s second floor, members could purchase a Spirit of Champions Limited Edition decanter for $1,700 and select a country of representation that the Mexican artisans translated on-site into a one-of-one keepsake.—
Lilian Raji,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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Lexie Zhao & Haina Zhou Drawn from seclusion to serve the realm in chaos, LV An journeys to Luoyang with his wife XU – into ruin.—
Jenny S. Li,
Variety,
17 June 2026
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After hours of debate on Tuesday, the Broward County School Board has paused the rollout of an artificial intelligence platform following concerns regarding privacy, cybersecurity and age-appropriate content.—
Joan Murray,
CBS News,
24 June 2026
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Her health, her family, her privacy, and a delineation between her pop star ego— her alter ego, to name her past album—and her own self.—
José Criales-Unzueta,
Vanity Fair,
23 June 2026
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“Loneliness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loneliness. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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