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Noun
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Brennan Winspear finds the humor and heart in Mark, if not so much the painful loneliness.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Nov. 2025 -
That can make veterans kind of feel this loneliness and this cultural divide.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
11 Nov. 2025
Noun
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But the journey also offered a reflective desert solitude.—
Joan Meiners,
AZCentral.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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Winter covers the park in stark whites, and snow may limit access, but the silence and solitude are unforgettable if you’re bundled up.—
Karthika Gupta,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Nov. 2025
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But instead of an epic franchise, the two are a couple in Lynne Ramsay’s suffocating drama about a woman dealing with postpartum depression and isolation amid a move from New York to Montana.—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
8 Nov. 2025
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His extraordinary journey from utter isolation to human connection is revealed in the Oscar-contending documentary Ghost Boy, directed by Rodney Ascher (Room 237, A Glitch in the Matrix), winner of the Audience Award at SXSW in the Visions category.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Lonesomeness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lonesomeness. Accessed 23 Nov. 2025.
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