as in single
not being in the company of others
a solo flight in a hot-air balloon
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as in ballad
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Recent Examples of solo
Zack Sharf, Variety, 10 Apr. 2026
Ben Rice’s solo homer in the eighth shortened the deficit and gave the Yankees a chance to get back into the game.
—Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 2026
Melody Chiu, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026
With a second-inning solo shot off Cole Ragans in the series finale, Rice now has four home runs in his last four games.
—Gary Phillips, Hartford Courant, 20 Apr. 2026
Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 9 Apr. 2026
In 2019, Offset decided to go solo and has since released three studio albums and a mixtape.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 7 Apr. 2026
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Adjective
Lyonne walked the red carpet ahead of the premiere with friend Hamer Morgenstern, posing for photos together and for solo shots.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 10 Apr. 2026
Ben Rice’s solo homer in the eighth shortened the deficit and gave the Yankees a chance to get back into the game.
—Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 2026
Noun
Malik is set to embark on his first solo headline arena tour later this year, bringing shows to North America starting in June and running through November.
—Melody Chiu, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026
With a second-inning solo shot off Cole Ragans in the series finale, Rice now has four home runs in his last four games.
—Gary Phillips, Hartford Courant, 20 Apr. 2026
Adverb
Åberg finished solo second in his Masters debut in 2024 and followed it up with a solo seventh.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 9 Apr. 2026
In 2019, Offset decided to go solo and has since released three studio albums and a mixtape.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 7 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for solo
Adjective
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Jack grew up in an impoverished single-parent household and David is from a wealthy Texan family.—
Cressida Leyshon,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
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Simpson scored on Diaz’s eighth-inning single and the game’s game-winning run, proving costly for a Yankees squad now facing a series sweep on Sunday.—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
12 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Interspersed with folk ballads, this fantasia-like play certainly creates a mood, but struggles to tell a cohesive story.—
Emily McClanathan,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Apr. 2026
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That a hushed ballad would be so widely embraced is remarkable.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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All products featured on Bon Appétit are independently selected by our editors.—
Nina Moskowitz,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
21 Apr. 2026
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All products and listings featured on Condé Nast Traveler are independently selected by our editors.—
Christine Chitnis,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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That kind of popularity and radiant goodness produces a lineage of artists but doesn’t have the crowd appeal of a lone genius who invents a flying machine or pulls a seventeen-foot sculpture out of a block of marble.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Fitzpatrick carded his lone bogey of the afternoon on the 72nd hole to fall back to 18-under and into a playoff against the American, who posted a bogey-free round of 67 on Sunday.—
Mark Harris,
FOXNews.com,
20 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The headliner was dancing with her and hugging, which was cute to see, even if the vocals were iffy at best on that joint effort.—
Ema Sasic,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2026
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Her resounding vocals melt over the crackly interiors of R&B, reggae, and Jersey club.—
Hattie Lindert,
Pitchfork,
17 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Natalia, a lonely Brazilian centenarian, anchors this searching novel.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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In a just world, Katie and Sunny would find love with people that deserve them, and Archie would be left to contemplate his sad, lonely existence.—
Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
20 Apr. 2026
Noun
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And still, Goodell was greeted by a loud chorus of boos.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
24 Apr. 2026
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And as the brightening world starts to resume familiar form, the glorious chorus swells with the songs of blue tits, goldfinches, chaffinches.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Apr. 2026
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
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“Solo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/solo. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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