lonesomeness

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Noun
  • The comedy club The manosphere and the male loneliness epidemic has been too thoroughly litigated elsewhere to dwell on here.
    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
Noun
  • Create a sense of solitude with fast-growing plants that screen views while enhancing the garden.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 27 May 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
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“Lonesomeness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lonesomeness. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.

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