as in privacy
the state of being alone or kept apart from others
sought the kind of solitude where his thoughts would be his only companions
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Recent Examples of solitude
Jen, an orphaned Gelling raised in solitude by a gentle race of creatures called the Mystics, must find the missing shard that will heal the crystal and restore balance to the universe.
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Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 4 Sep. 2025
Primitive roads there allow people to drive into the backcountry to experience solitude without hiking.
—Jeffrey C. Hallo, The Conversation, 4 Sep. 2025
Still, the record’s title track, out now with an accompanying music video directed by Floria Sigismondi, settles into an expanse of solitude.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
The home was conceived as much for entertainment as for solitude.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 3 Sep. 2025
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Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 4 Sep. 2025
Primitive roads there allow people to drive into the backcountry to experience solitude without hiking.
—Jeffrey C. Hallo, The Conversation, 4 Sep. 2025
Still, the record’s title track, out now with an accompanying music video directed by Floria Sigismondi, settles into an expanse of solitude.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
The home was conceived as much for entertainment as for solitude.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for solitude
Noun
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More advanced methods, including differential privacy and federated learning, allow researchers to collaborate without moving sensitive data outside hospital walls.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Massachusetts is unusual in that state victim privacy laws bar police from releasing incident reports of rape to the public.—
Willoughby Mariano,
ProPublica,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Time behind bars often brings exposure to violence, isolation, and the loss of personal control, experiences that can create lingering fear, anxiety, and symptoms much like post-traumatic stress disorder.—
Walter Pavlo,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Scientists revealed that the nuclei of hydrogen isotopes form plasma, which, being electrically charged, can be held in isolation from the walls by a magnetic field inside the toroidal vacuum chamber of the reactor (these sorts of reactors are called tokamaks).—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Sep. 2025
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When so many of today’s complaints—the loneliness of young people, the torturous dating market, the loosening of community bonds—come down to interpersonal alienation, the idea of American culture returning to a primal, highly evolved signal of kinship and compatibility is tantalizing.—
Franklin Schneider,
The Atlantic,
16 Sep. 2025
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Research confirms these types of connections reduce loneliness and boost self-esteem.—
Richard Menger MD MPA,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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This is a telling fantasy—to feel more content in one’s dreamed aloneness than in real society.—
Hillary Kelly,
The Atlantic,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Solitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/solitude. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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