as in independently
without aid or support
either singly or with the cooperation of other nations, we must do something about this pressing environmental issue
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Recent Examples of singly
Mimosa and Bloody Mary variations, in flights or singly, can be purchased separately.
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Greg Mellen, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
Not singly, not a lone fish here and there, but in packs.
—Ben East, Outdoor Life, 28 Aug. 2025
Tourism In Central America After decades of Costa Rica singly handily dominating travel in Central America, nascent travel industries in destinations like Guatemala, Panama and Nicaragua are just starting to gain the international spotlight.
—Carley Rojas Ávila, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
Eggs, laid singly on leaves, are light green or yellow and slightly elongated.
—Dawn Pettinelli, Hartford Courant, 27 July 2024
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Greg Mellen, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
Not singly, not a lone fish here and there, but in packs.
—Ben East, Outdoor Life, 28 Aug. 2025
Tourism In Central America After decades of Costa Rica singly handily dominating travel in Central America, nascent travel industries in destinations like Guatemala, Panama and Nicaragua are just starting to gain the international spotlight.
—Carley Rojas Ávila, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
Eggs, laid singly on leaves, are light green or yellow and slightly elongated.
—Dawn Pettinelli, Hartford Courant, 27 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for singly
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All listings featured on Condé Nast Traveler are independently selected by our editors.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 May 2026
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After 45 minutes of CPR, Walker was placed on ECMO, a form of life support used when the heart and lungs can no longer function independently.—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
11 May 2026
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And Cloudflare said the way the company operates has completely changed, adding that its AI use has increased by more than 600% in the last three months alone.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
10 May 2026
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Between 2013 and 2022 alone, the glacier ice bracing the failure site thinned by 100 to 130 meters.—
Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
10 May 2026
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The campaign also noted that Pratt had separately accused Bass of coordinating with Raman.—
Teresa Liu,
Daily News,
8 May 2026
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What should be the county’s top priorities on public health and, separately, on behavioral health?—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2026
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Its approach centered on using machine learning to train neural networks to learn and make decisions in ways that resemble human cognition, rather than programming actions and reactions individually or specializing software for specific tasks (such as playing chess or modeling climate systems).—
Alison Eldridge,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
11 May 2026
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Enter individually or as a team.—
Kimberly Nordyke,
HollywoodReporter,
11 May 2026
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“Singly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/singly. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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