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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
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My own experience with night pests was at a time of utter exhaustion— too much work undertaken, interlocking circumstances that made the work twice as arduous, illness within and around— the old story of troubles never coming singly.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Mar. 2026
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The flowers, which appear both singly and in clusters, display the classic hybrid tea form.—
Rita Perwich,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Feb. 2026
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Strategic stockpiles are held separately by each IEA member country, meaning technical and logistical constraints could slow the flow of barrels.—
Sam Meredith,Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
12 Mar. 2026
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Only when Russia and Belarus, separately, took FIS (the international ski and snowboard federation) to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in December 2025, did their competing in Italy become possible.—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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But that comparison is only valid if exclusively comparing regular unleaded gas and Level 3 fast chargers, which most EV drivers rarely use except for longer trips like this one.—
Adam L. Neal,
USA Today,
9 Mar. 2026
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Among the major minefields for Shell in the breach of contract complaint from Cipriani, which Deadline exclusively reported on last month as a draft copy was circulating, are allegations that the Paramount president had loose lips and media insecurities.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
9 Mar. 2026
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Timothy Pawula is named as a defendant along with Glotz, who is being sued individually and not in his capacity as Tinley Park mayor.—
Olivia Stevens,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Mar. 2026
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Tolbert said all council members were also invited to meet individually with the review team, including CBRE and AECOM, to ask questions about the facility condition assessment, the real estate market engagement and other work requested by the council.—
Devyani Chhetri,
Dallas Morning News,
9 Mar. 2026
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The majority of nights out in Taipei, my group was driven to distinctly non-Taiwanese restaurants — a Moroccan joint, a Japanese buffet, a Persian eatery, etc.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Mar. 2026
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As a reminder, pot still whiskey is a distinctly Irish category that is made on a pot still from a mashbill of malted and unmalted barley, while grain whiskey incorporates other cereal grains besides barley into the recipe.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
12 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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According to Ukraine’s state news agency United24, the country conducted thousands of robotic operations in January alone, most focused on logistics such as delivering ammunition, weapons, and supplies to frontline troops, reports Futurism.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Mar. 2026
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Take every precaution to never leave young children and pets alone in vehicles, especially in extreme heat when car interiors can quickly become hazardous.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
15 Mar. 2026
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There was a time in which fashion designers would do just that, provide direction by way of a singularly new silhouette (slinky jeans!—
José Criales-Unzueta,
Vanity Fair,
7 Mar. 2026
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All of Mabel’s new forest friends—there are deer, rabbits, turtles, raccoons, and a singularly gloomy bear—bow down to a beaver sovereign, King George (Bobby Moynihan), a gregarious and naïve soul who embraces a humble, communal ideal of living.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
6 Mar. 2026
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Earlier this month, Austin police released a new policy that essentially bans officers from detaining or arresting someone solely based on the presence of an immigration warrant, but does not prevent them from calling the federal agency.—
Emiliano Tahui Gómez,
Austin American Statesman,
13 Mar. 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,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Solitarily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/solitarily. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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