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Recent Examples of loneliness
Despite its speculative premise, the series captures the loneliness that has pervaded society since the COVID pandemic and the dread of a future in which artificial intelligence might render human interaction obsolete.
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Judy Berman, Time, 27 Oct. 2025
What a spy world and supernatural world would have in common was their shadows, secrets, loneliness and paranoia.
—Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2025
What young people see online likely factors into their loneliness as well.
—Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2025
Developers tested it in a variety of industries before an investor suggested that pediatric hospitals would be a good fit because of the stress and loneliness children often feel.
—Hallie Golden The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2025
The trope of male loneliness is a common one, whether played for comedic effect, analyzed for its debilitating impact on society, or both.
—Justin Williams, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
But there’s a different kind of loneliness.
—Joni Eareckson Tada, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
The last surgeon general, Vivek Murphy, worked to tackle the loneliness epidemic and social media risks with children.
—Will McDuffie, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2025
Rose Glass' directorial debut is an ecclesiastical horror that offsets the fine line between devotion and delusion, all while stirring the painful emotions of loneliness and trauma.
—Steven Thrash, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Oct. 2025
Judy Berman, Time, 27 Oct. 2025
What a spy world and supernatural world would have in common was their shadows, secrets, loneliness and paranoia.
—Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2025
What young people see online likely factors into their loneliness as well.
—Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2025
Developers tested it in a variety of industries before an investor suggested that pediatric hospitals would be a good fit because of the stress and loneliness children often feel.
—Hallie Golden The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2025
The trope of male loneliness is a common one, whether played for comedic effect, analyzed for its debilitating impact on society, or both.
—Justin Williams, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
But there’s a different kind of loneliness.
—Joni Eareckson Tada, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
The last surgeon general, Vivek Murphy, worked to tackle the loneliness epidemic and social media risks with children.
—Will McDuffie, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2025
Rose Glass' directorial debut is an ecclesiastical horror that offsets the fine line between devotion and delusion, all while stirring the painful emotions of loneliness and trauma.
—Steven Thrash, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for loneliness
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These motifs take on a symbolic value, according to Sejko, and suggest the loneliness and isolation of power.—
Will Tizard,
Variety,
2 Nov. 2025
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The capital’s development over the past eight years, despite sanctions and the extreme isolation of the Covid-19 pandemic, stunned him.—
Will Ripley,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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So afternoon, for Gospodinov, is the time for boredom, memory, a kind of weightless solitude—and, now, the time for grief.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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His solitude is interrupted by the arrival of his brother Jem (Sean Bean), who is looking for a connection with his son Brian (Samuel Bottomley), and seeking Ray’s help.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Oct. 2025
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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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Before Public Enemy makes an appearance in the clip, Ruby Bridges is shown ending segregation, bravely walking into her elementary school in New Orleans in 1960.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
30 Oct. 2025
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The map has already faced fierce pushback from some Kansas City residents, who point to the fact that lawmakers used Troost Avenue, a historic symbol of segregation in Kansas City, as the dividing line between the 4th and 5th Districts.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
29 Oct. 2025
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Since becoming president of Taiwan, last May, Lai has asserted Taiwan’s separateness from the mainland and muted his predecessor’s efforts to reassure Beijing.—
STEPHEN WERTHEIM,
Foreign Affairs,
28 Oct. 2025
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On the one hand, the gift of consciousness brought the glory of independence; on the other, the punishment of separateness.—
Vivian Gornick,
New Yorker,
16 Aug. 2025
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The final grand surprise of her first day in Mexico came when someone informed her that the creation was the work of a single nun living in the seclusion of the Hieronymite convent of Santa Paula, just a few miles away.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
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Campton, New Hampshire, is also attracting travelers to New England with a mix of snowy outdoor adventures and seclusion for rest and relaxation.—
Lydia Price,
Travel + Leisure,
28 Oct. 2025
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Britain’s Prince William and his wife, Kate, won a privacy case against French magazine Paris Match for publishing paparazzi photographs of them and their children on a private holiday, a notice published in the magazine said on Thursday.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
30 Oct. 2025
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The findings arrive as a class-action lawsuit moves forward in Quebec, alleging widespread privacy violations by mobile game companies.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Loneliness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loneliness. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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