solitarily

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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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for solitarily
Adverb
  • 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
Adverb
  • Kohl’s was corporation owned and purchased separately by Carpentersville.
    Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Asking your mom to wait or celebrate separately is totally reasonable.
    Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Open exclusively for midday dining, RASA restaurant offers a vibrant buffet where Indonesian favorites, Japanese specialties and Western classics come together.
    Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The contributions to this site are made exclusively by university faculty and other academics with an emphasis on debunking common myths associated with growing plants.
    Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 10 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • While employees may experiment with AI individually, the absence of structured guidance prevents cohesive adoption that aligns with organizational goals.
    Malana VanTyler, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • As of Tuesday evening, 63 amendments remain to be debated either en bloc or individually.
    Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 10 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • For all the mesmerizing technical wizardry on display, there’s something distinctly tactile about the look of the video, especially as the tension in the visuals builds alongside the music.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The venerable brand has, for well over a century, been a producer of debonair, distinctly British, sport/luxury cars, known mainly for startling good looks and an attitude that is more sophisticated and less tetchy than its Italian rivals.
    Brett Berk, Robb Report, 3 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Despite the budget-friendly price point, the sheets are a clear favorite among Amazon shoppers as more than 6,000 have snapped them up in the past month alone, and a whopping 71,000 have awarded them a perfect rating.
    Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Most people get a sufficient amount of this key vitamin through their diets alone—biotin can be found in beef liver and eggs, and for those without a biotin deficiency, biotin is unlikely to help.
    Brianna Peters, Vogue, 6 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • That can be done singularly or collectively, but a singular approach would be more costly and disjointed.
    GARY ROUGHEAD, Foreign Affairs, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The moral firewall around Kennedy is illustrated by the case of glyphosate, an herbicide so singularly reviled by MAHA that, on social media, Ryerson goes by the Glyphosate Girl.
    Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • Head coach Mike McDaniel was the first to admit Sunday that the game's result wasn't solely on his quarterback.
    Drew VonScio, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Some perspective is needed when focusing solely on Brown’s touches.
    Zach Berman, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025

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“Solitarily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/solitarily. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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