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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as in independently
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Recent Examples of solo
Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
Souza, a Grammy Award-winner with 15 solo albums to her credit, soars with equal ease whether singing heartfelt lyrics or wordless melodies.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2026
After Kellner popped out to first base, Partida added the Aggies' second run of the game with a solo shot off the scoreboard in left field.
—Tony Catalina, Austin American Statesman, 7 Mar. 2026
Michael Alvear, STAT, 2 Mar. 2026
Third grader Makaila Payton has a singing solo in the production.
—Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 1 Mar. 2026
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Adjective
Meanwhile, downtown, the great solo Chicago magician Dennis Watkins is continuing to operate his intimate basement Loop venue, The Magic Parlour.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
Souza, a Grammy Award-winner with 15 solo albums to her credit, soars with equal ease whether singing heartfelt lyrics or wordless melodies.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
Noun
Dubovik followed with a solo shot of his own one inning later that went 385 feet to left-center field.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2026
After Kellner popped out to first base, Partida added the Aggies' second run of the game with a solo shot off the scoreboard in left field.
—Tony Catalina, Austin American Statesman, 7 Mar. 2026
Adverb
Subsequent sessions are done solo.
—Michael Alvear, STAT, 2 Mar. 2026
Third grader Makaila Payton has a singing solo in the production.
—Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 1 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for solo
Adjective
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Instead of a single physical server, HostArmada provides dedicated resources on a redundant cloud platform, meaning your data is synced across a high-speed SSD network.—
Gabriel Zamora,
PC Magazine,
8 Mar. 2026
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This is suggested by the fact that married men live longer than single men.—
Deborah Treisman,
New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The video was a standout moment alongside the romantic ballad, though, as Bruno picked up the guitar and delivered on the Latin love story with a mock wedding — and pulled on the heartstrings with a relationship that just about everyone would sign up to grow old for.—
Eric Renner Brown,
Billboard,
10 Mar. 2026
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Born into an Ecuadorian-Guatemalan family, Southern California’s Trish Toledo first began signing cumbias and ballads before falling head-over-heels for the timeless pop, R&B and soul recordings from the ’60s and ’70s.—
Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
10 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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All listings featured on Condé Nast Traveler are independently selected by our editors.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Mar. 2026
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All products featured on Bon Appétit are independently selected by our editors.—
Francesca Krempa,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
10 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Lauer was the lone holdout, waiting until a few weeks before trial to admit guilt.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
10 Mar. 2026
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The lone camera is a single round lens that protrudes from the upper-left corner of the rear panel.—
Eric Zeman,
PC Magazine,
9 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Yet Fedi pushed her to cut the tune live with just her on vocals and Pollack on piano.—
Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Producer Kid Harpoon uses Disco’s busy drums (often from Tom Skinner of Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood’s the Smile) to meet pinging bass and melodic elements that systematically stack underneath Styles’s vocals.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
6 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Gary is a lonely, unassuming postal worker who loves the Counting Crows.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
9 Mar. 2026
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Its 1959 Googie-style sign pierces the sky, a beacon of hope for weary road-trippers cruising this achingly lonely stretch of highway.—
Zoey Goto,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The large cast of smaller roles and chorus is excellent.—
Classical Music Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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To a chorus of boos, San Diego Unified School District’s board of trustees voted unanimously Tuesday to cut more than 200 classified jobs, in a move expected to lead to layoffs for about 70 people.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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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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“Solo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/solo. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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