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solitarily

adverb

Definition of solitarily

as in singly

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Recent Examples of solitarily Kids scattered all over the world were listening deeply and solitarily in headphones—and swapping songs and opinions about those songs online. — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2025

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Adverb

Plant singly as an accent or mass in mixed borders and privacy plantings.

— Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 24 July 2026
When eggs or embryos are destroyed as the result of commercial egg storage tank failures, lawsuits may follow, singly, as a group, or in a class action.

— Robert W. Wood, Forbes.com, 6 May 2026

Definition of singly

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The military agreement was announced separately from the eight other summit deliverables listed by China’s Foreign Ministry.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2026
Reuters has separately reported that the administration is seeking a larger role in elections, which are primarily administered by states and localities.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of separately

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There are also new details from the university’s Title IX investigation, records of which were exclusively obtained by the New York Times and corroborated by Doe’s attorney.

— Gloria Pazmino, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026
In Paris, the collection is exclusively available at the pop-up, which is open through Tuesday.

— Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of exclusively

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And even though most people are individually unlikely to see a major flood — the odds remain elevated as the winter months draw closer.

— Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 27 Sep. 2026
There is only the slow accumulation of small deferrals, each one individually rational, until the organization is carrying a liability that no single person can see in full.

— Jeremy Bradley-Silverio Donato, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of individually

Adverb

Many of the shoes and boots from the collaboration are defined by a distinctly convex outline in the back.

— Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026
Blake Shelton’s confident delivery and the song’s soaring chorus bring a distinctly Southwestern lift to the mix.

— qygwork, Billboard, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of distinctly

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Amazon, Meta, Alphabet, and Microsoft alone invested a staggering $400 billion in 2025 – and that was just on data centers.

— Yerbol Orynbayev, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2026
Some novelty bloody bath mat products function alone in place of other bathmats, while others are placed on top of proper bath mats for safe usage.

— BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026

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