as in individually
not together with someone or something else
The software is sold separately from the hardware. Store the raw meat separately so it doesn't contaminate the other food. The professor met with each student separately.
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Recent Examples of separately
The diffuser attachment is sold separately but worth the purchase for its versatile, medium prong length that accommodates short to long hair.
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Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2025
In Ragtime‘s most impressive achievement, those three groups (and their musical motifs and dance choreographies) are introduced in the astonishing opening number, separately at first but then blending together as if to illustrate the cauldron that was and is New York City.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2025
Gandhi said deputies collected all the mail, securing the ballots and election mail separately.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2025
The couple lived separately at the time of the incident.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2025
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Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2025
In Ragtime‘s most impressive achievement, those three groups (and their musical motifs and dance choreographies) are introduced in the astonishing opening number, separately at first but then blending together as if to illustrate the cauldron that was and is New York City.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2025
Gandhi said deputies collected all the mail, securing the ballots and election mail separately.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2025
The couple lived separately at the time of the incident.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for separately
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The items are marked on shelves, and purchased individually—no coupons necessary.—
Abigail Wilt,
Southern Living,
15 Oct. 2025
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The items are purchsed individually but marked for the deal on the store shelf, Aldi said in a release.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
15 Oct. 2025
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Reports on social media also suggested that a Pakistani intelligence office was hit on Wednesday in an incident in Peshawar, a city just to the north of Pakistan's Orakzai district, though Fox News Digital could not independently confirm this.—
Caitlin McFall,
FOXNews.com,
15 Oct. 2025
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All products featured on Vogue are independently selected by our editors.—
Hannah Coates,
Vogue,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Separately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/separately. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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