1
as in only
for nothing other than
I fight solely for my country, not for money!
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as in independently
without aid or support
you undertook that project solely on your own, and you will finish it likewise
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Recent Examples of solely
What analysts are saying In a post-earnings note on Thursday, Barclays analyst Raimo Lenschow said most investors focused solely on Azure growth to judge the health of Microsoft's business, especially in its performance around AI.
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Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2026
Healthcare CIOs and executive teams should stop treating it solely as a risk and start treating it as grassroots innovation that reveals where the organization needs to move faster.
—David Chou, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
The process depended solely on astrocytes.
—Ingrid Wickelgren, Quanta Magazine, 30 Jan. 2026
All of her work and coverage decisions are overseen solely by Journal Sentinel editors.
—Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 30 Jan. 2026
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Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2026
Healthcare CIOs and executive teams should stop treating it solely as a risk and start treating it as grassroots innovation that reveals where the organization needs to move faster.
—David Chou, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
The process depended solely on astrocytes.
—Ingrid Wickelgren, Quanta Magazine, 30 Jan. 2026
All of her work and coverage decisions are overseen solely by Journal Sentinel editors.
—Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 30 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for solely
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Robert Gleason, lead of parent advisory at the Rady Gender Clinic, noted that San Diego’s only medical center dedicated to serving children and adolescents created the resource only a decade ago and only after many years of advocacy from families.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Jan. 2026
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White Stadium sits on public land and relies on public infrastructure — transit, public safety, utilities, and coordination — that need not serve only event days.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
25 Jan. 2026
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The company also said that forecasts generated by its tools could be created independently, allowing government agencies and companies to control their own information.—
Joe Wertz,
Arkansas Online,
27 Jan. 2026
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Consultations are offered independently by participating providers.—
Kris Slugg,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Jan. 2026
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Price competition will be aggressive, margins will be under pressure, and differentiation based purely on scale or cost will continue to erode.—
Peter Bendor-Samuel,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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These individual mats differ from the main mahjong mat and are purely meant to make gameplay easier—providing a smooth, flat surface that helps reduce noise and protect the tiles and the table underneath.—
Cori Sears,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 Jan. 2026
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This airflow spins the rotator through surface friction alone.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Jan. 2026
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In Mecklenburg County alone, this influx of visitor spending supported more than 38,000 local jobs.—
Chase Jordan
January 12,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Jan. 2026
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Kodi Smit-McPhee, Aden Young and Sam Rechner have joined the cast of director Patrick Hughes’ film, The Hollywood Reporter has exclusively learned.—
Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Jan. 2026
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The clean supplements brand, which also has a range of functional fragrances, is exclusively rolling-out its mood-boosting fragrances to over 1,000 Ulta locations nationwide, including in the wellness corners of these Ulta shop-in-shop concepts.—
Clara Ludmir,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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The good news is the Sound Lite works with the WiiM Voice Remote 2 Lite which can be purchased separately.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Formed in 1979 in the aftermath of Iran’s Islamic revolution, the IRGC operates separately from the rest of the Iranian armed forces and has its own army, navy, air force, intelligence and special forces branches.—
Nadeen Ebrahim,
CNN Money,
29 Jan. 2026
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The concepts haven’t changed, just the names.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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The yen touched its strongest level since October in US trading Tuesday after comments from Japanese officials, including just recently the finance minister, fueled speculation that the government may intervene in the market to prevent the currency from resuming its decline.—
Mia Glass,
Bloomberg,
28 Jan. 2026
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The crowd roared as each member introduced themselves individually, starting with leader Jihyo, then Tzuyu, Jeongyeon, Momo, Nayeon, Chaeyoung, Dahyun, Sana, and Mina.—
Laura Sirikul,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Instead of a bulky brush that dumps product at the base of your lashes, Sweed’s slim, precision applicator grips and separates each lash individually.—
Olivia Cefalu,
InStyle,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Solely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/solely. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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