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Recent Examples of recluse
Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
There’s something about the rap-pop recluse Yabujin’s music that captures this malfunctioning, ersatz charm like nothing else.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 19 Feb. 2025
Kaczynski was an anti-technology recluse who killed three people with mail bombs from 1978 to 1995.
—NBC News, 10 Dec. 2024
He is characterized in the media as a recluse, who likes to bike, and doesn’t smoke, drink, watch TV or listen to the radio.
—Lex Harvey, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
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Noun
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
There’s something about the rap-pop recluse Yabujin’s music that captures this malfunctioning, ersatz charm like nothing else.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 19 Feb. 2025
Kaczynski was an anti-technology recluse who killed three people with mail bombs from 1978 to 1995.
—NBC News, 10 Dec. 2024
He is characterized in the media as a recluse, who likes to bike, and doesn’t smoke, drink, watch TV or listen to the radio.
—Lex Harvey, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recluse
Noun
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Or take another boat (there is not a boat that goes to both islands on a round trip) to the smaller island of Saint-Honorat, to an abbey founded by a hermit in 410CE, when monks owned most of Cannes.—
Alex Ledsom,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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Fast forward to 1993, and Mike has been living as a hermit on an island in the Faroes archipelago for 15 years, supported by classical pianist and friend Daniel.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
27 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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China props up the isolated nation's economy to prevent a refugee crisis and because the reclusive country serves as a buffer between China and U.S. ally South Korea, home to tens of thousands of American troops.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 May 2025
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In order to spot Neptune, stargazers will need to get their hands on a good pair of binoculars or a telescope, which will reveal the reclusive world as a blueish point of light.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
7 May 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 23 May. 2025.
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