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Recent Examples of recluse
Ben Sisario, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
In his report, Adams found no evidence to suggest that the two-time Oscar winner spent his final years as a recluse in his home in a gated community, guarded by his protective younger second wife.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2025
The recluse of 30 years comes out of hibernation and emerges with a new album that fires up more brain-dead devotion and fawning.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2025
The other is a recluse who lives elsewhere and publishes word and number puzzles under the pen name Ludwig.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Since the band broke up in 2011, Meg White, its drummer, has become one the great recluses of 21st-century pop, rarely seen in public and declining all interview requests — which would make any possible appearance by her a major coup for the Rock Hall.
—Ben Sisario, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
In his report, Adams found no evidence to suggest that the two-time Oscar winner spent his final years as a recluse in his home in a gated community, guarded by his protective younger second wife.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2025
The recluse of 30 years comes out of hibernation and emerges with a new album that fires up more brain-dead devotion and fawning.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2025
The other is a recluse who lives elsewhere and publishes word and number puzzles under the pen name Ludwig.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recluse
Noun
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The Asian hermit spider’s unique adaptation might seem strange to some and brilliant to others.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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Nicolas Cage plays a grizzled, mournful hermit named Rob who lives in the woods of the Pacific Northwest and spends his days hunting truffles with his pig, Apple, and then trading them to big-city buyer Amir (Alex Wolff).—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
28 May 2025
Adjective
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When his father died in 1973, Wilson became even more reclusive.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
11 June 2025
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The band’s leader and unqualified genius would become increasingly reclusive, his reliance on the shady psychologist Eugene Landy becoming the stuff of rock legend (and litigation).—
Erik Pedersen,
Deadline,
11 June 2025
Adjective
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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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To drink too much would be inexcusable; to drink too little would be unsociable.—
Erika Page,
The Christian Science Monitor,
2 Feb. 2024
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“Recluse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recluse. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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