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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.
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Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2025
Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for solitarily
Adverb
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Use them singly as a specimen plant, clustered in a privacy screen, or naturalized along a wood line.—
Teresa Woodard,
Midwest Living,
21 Apr. 2026
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The revolutionaries’ own internal divisions left them to face the Austrian invasion singly.—
Britannica Editors,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
12 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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The couple has appeared together and separately in the content, per TMZ, with guests from their content appearing on the podcast.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA Today,
5 June 2026
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As part of that effort, the Justice Department separately created a new National Fraud Enforcement Division which merged a number of Justice Department offices, including its healthcare fraud section.—
Laura Geller,
CBS News,
4 June 2026
Adverb
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Designers have traded the exclusively minimalist mood of recent summers for options that encourage self-expression.—
Cortne Bonilla,
Vogue,
9 June 2026
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The five-part historical series examining the founding challenges and future of American democracy − executive-produced by Tom Hanks − debuts its trailer exclusively on USA TODAY before streaming June 24.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
8 June 2026
Adverb
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Wash and thoroughly dry the cucumbers, then wrap them individually in paper towels before placing them in a plastic bag.—
Susan Hall Mahon,
Southern Living,
8 June 2026
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The bet behind Firecrawl is that this shouldn't be every company's problem to solve individually.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
8 June 2026
Adverb
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Over time, those influences blended into a distinctly Texan food culture tied to family gatherings, church events, county fairs, football games, political campaigning and rural identity.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
29 May 2026
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Donald and Si were in some ways distinctly different.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
29 May 2026
Adverb
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In 2025 alone, the basilica welcomed nearly 5 million visitors.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
8 June 2026
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While the scenery alone draws road trippers, the deeper story unfolds in the communities along the way, each revealing another layer of a landscape that extends far beyond its views.—
Vivian Chung,
Travel + Leisure,
7 June 2026
Adverb
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Erdozain writes with a poet’s concision but a maximalist’s zeal, leaving no room in his historical account for any doubt that American exceptionalism has been a singularly detrimental force.—
Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
8 June 2026
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Pantochino Productions, the singularly silly, strange and hysterical small theater company that has worked out of the Milford Arts Council (MAC) for the past 16 years, occupies a unique place in the Connecticut theater landscape.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
8 June 2026
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All opinions expressed by the CNBC Pro contributors are solely their opinions and do not reflect the opinions of CNBC, or its parent company or affiliates, and may have been previously disseminated by them on television, radio, internet or another medium.—
Jeff Kilburg,
CNBC,
29 May 2026
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Today, rumors circulating on social media in the DRC include false claims that Ebola is not real, that humanitarian workers are descending on the area solely for their own profit and that aid groups are withholding the best care available.—
Gabrielle Emanuel,
NPR,
29 May 2026
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“Solitarily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/solitarily. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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