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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Justice Amy Coney Barrett also fully joined the majority but wrote separately to emphasize that laws classifying people based on transgender status should not receive any special review by courts.
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Mark Sherman, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2025
If ordered separately, the items — minus the half sandwich — would run $14.77 plus tax.
—Fielding Buck, Oc Register, 17 June 2025
Like the Switch before it, the removable Joy-Cons can also be used separately, essentially offering baseline purchasers two controllers for the price of one.
—ArsTechnica, 16 June 2025
Soil sampling projects by Los Angeles Times journalists and, separately, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health found lead and arsenic contamination above California’s standards for residential properties at properties already cleaned by federal contractors.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2025
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Mark Sherman, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2025
If ordered separately, the items — minus the half sandwich — would run $14.77 plus tax.
—Fielding Buck, Oc Register, 17 June 2025
Like the Switch before it, the removable Joy-Cons can also be used separately, essentially offering baseline purchasers two controllers for the price of one.
—ArsTechnica, 16 June 2025
Soil sampling projects by Los Angeles Times journalists and, separately, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health found lead and arsenic contamination above California’s standards for residential properties at properties already cleaned by federal contractors.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for separately
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“Separately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/separately. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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