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 amount of drugs seized from March to September — the six months in 2020 when Florida’s prisons were locked down — stood at 3,100 grams of powdered drugs and separately 1,000 pills of opioids and unauthorized prescription drugs for every 10,000 inmates.
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Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Senate Democrats have insisted on the extension of federal health care subsidies before agreeing to reopen the government, while Republicans argue the government should reopen first and debate health care separately.
—Deputy News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2025
State Medicaid programs will have to opt in separately.
—NPR, 6 Nov. 2025
Lionsgate Studios itself recently separated from the Starz business and the two companies now trade separately.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2025
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Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Senate Democrats have insisted on the extension of federal health care subsidies before agreeing to reopen the government, while Republicans argue the government should reopen first and debate health care separately.
—Deputy News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2025
State Medicaid programs will have to opt in separately.
—NPR, 6 Nov. 2025
Lionsgate Studios itself recently separated from the Starz business and the two companies now trade separately.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for separately
Adverb
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But Harrigan said agents are trained to evaluate every incident individually.—
Allison Gordon,
CNN Money,
9 Jan. 2026
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The administration would need to individually impose tariffs on each country and for each specific commodity, rather than the sweeping tariffs as were levied under the IEEPA.—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
8 Jan. 2026
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Built for demanding factory environments Atlas is a fully electric humanoid robot with 56 degrees of freedom, meaning 56 independently controllable joints that allow fluid, human-like motion.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Jan. 2026
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This has not been independently corroborated.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Separately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/separately. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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