solitaries

plural of solitary
as in hermits
a person who lives away from others weary of European civilization, the painter Paul Gauguin famously abandoned France to become a solitary in the South Seas

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hermits
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  • The cautious hermits of the KMT do not attempt to forecast the future.
    Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Many of us became hermits when COVID-19 ravaged our sense of normalcy, and some still haven’t quite gotten back into the swing of in-person dating.
    Essence, Essence, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Solitaries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/solitaries. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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