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Recent Examples of recluse
Sophie Williams, Billboard, 24 Sep. 2025
Trapdoor spiders, black widows, recluses.
—T. Coraghessan Boyle, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2025
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there are two types of venomous spiders found in the United States — the black widow and the brown recluse.
—Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Crawford herself would, ironically, end her life as a NYC recluse.
—Rance Collins, IndieWire, 9 Aug. 2025
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Noun
Last autumn, six months after beginning her solo career, the singer and Little Mix member pretty much resigned herself to life as a recluse, spending the majority of her time in her Cheshire house.
—Sophie Williams, Billboard, 24 Sep. 2025
Trapdoor spiders, black widows, recluses.
—T. Coraghessan Boyle, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2025
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there are two types of venomous spiders found in the United States — the black widow and the brown recluse.
—Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Crawford herself would, ironically, end her life as a NYC recluse.
—Rance Collins, IndieWire, 9 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recluse
Noun
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Their dictatorial hermit nation is often called Africa’s North Korea.—
Mick Krever,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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At the time of his death in 1993, Phoenix was nearing the end of filming Dark Blood — a Dutch thriller film in which Phoenix played a hermit who takes a couple hostage while preparing for the end of the world.—
Lynsey Eidell,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Carol, a reclusive and disgruntled bestselling romantasy author, exhorts her reticent audience of five immune English speakers to reclaim human agency against the milquetoast, obsequious blob and join her in a quest to reverse the happiness apocalypse.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
8 Nov. 2025
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The piece Lee publishes isn’t a Pulitzer-winning takedown, but a posthumous profile of the reclusive, kind-hearted Dale, a man who shares Dale’s love of crime writers like Jim Thompson and instinctive empathy for underdogs.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Hospitality fared well in Deputy’s study, making up half of the 10 happiest job sectors, despite the sector’s reputation for high stress, unsociable hours, and low pay.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
31 Aug. 2025
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Ask Amy: My unsociable neighbor doesn't know about me and his wife.—
Bay Area News Group,
The Mercury News,
2 June 2024
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“Recluse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recluse. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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