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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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In larger spaces, plant masses of Touch of Gold® Holly as a carpet beneath taller shrubs for a vibrant foundation or set singly as an accent in mixed borders.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
11 June 2026
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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
Adverb
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Follow along for live coverage The 34-year-old was seen doing drills with the squad after warming up separately in boots and with the ball in a training session on Wednesday.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
18 June 2026
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Speculation at the time of Murdoch’s New York buy centered on whether each of the publishing assets would be sold separately or be shopped as whole package.—
Erik Hayden,
HollywoodReporter,
18 June 2026
Adverb
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But Garrett might be peerless in his ability to impact the game — as well as the way teams prepare exclusively for him during the week.—
Jeff Howe,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
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Clive Standen has signed with Range Media Partners for representation, Variety has learned exclusively.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
15 June 2026
Adverb
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Police released an image of the scorpions, which appear to be individually wrapped in plastic.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
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The musicians are individually superb, yet the ensemble sometimes lacks tonal weight and richness.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
Adverb
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With Clive Owen in the antagonist role of Dalton Russell, the film locks into a clever heist that mixes elements of Heat, Ocean's 11 (2001), and more into something that's distinctly a Lee joint.—
Eric Farwell,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 June 2026
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LoveShackFancy has managed to translate a distinctly American dream into markets as diverse as London, the Middle East and Asia.—
Kate Hardcastle,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
Adverb
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With opponents as varied as Morocco, Haiti and Scotland to face in the group stage alone, Clement expects this World Cup to throw up different challenges from a coaching and tactical perspective.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
14 June 2026
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During their conversation, Monty spotted Dean Martin eating alone.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
14 June 2026
Adverb
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Being singularly focused on sports is part of ProphetX’s pitch to consumers.—
Dan Bernstein,
Sportico.com,
16 June 2026
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Its focus is singularly on American workers.—
Jacqueline Munis,
Fortune,
10 June 2026
Adverb
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The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.—
Isabella Backman,
Hartford Courant,
12 June 2026
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As its name suggests, the Official Vinyl Albums rundown looks solely at purchases on wax.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
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“Solitarily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/solitarily. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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