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
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
19 June 2026
Despite the slow start, deGrom lasted six innings, giving up only one more run, a solo homer in the fourth.
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Cal Phillips
june 19,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
19 June 2026
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
22 June 2026
Too much time is devoted to elevating one-note supporting characters and their incidental solo missions, and too little time is given to the star attraction, the man from outer space, the guy with a face worthy of comparing to the Mona Lisa.
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Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
22 June 2026
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
12 June 2026
Teens ages 13 to 17 can ride solo with an Uber Teen Account that must be set up and linked to an account owned by a parent or legal guardian.
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Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
10 June 2026
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Adjective
Despite solo acts like Taylor Sheridan, Mike White, and Sam Levinson dominating so much of the pop-cultural discourse, the value of group collaboration remains television’s true North Star.
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Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
19 June 2026
Despite the slow start, deGrom lasted six innings, giving up only one more run, a solo homer in the fourth.
—
Cal Phillips
june 19,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
19 June 2026
Noun
The launch of that exhibit also included a special promotion that saw the BPL printing a bunch of limited edition library cards commemorating all 13 of Jay’s solo albums.
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Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
22 June 2026
Too much time is devoted to elevating one-note supporting characters and their incidental solo missions, and too little time is given to the star attraction, the man from outer space, the guy with a face worthy of comparing to the Mona Lisa.
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Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
22 June 2026
Adverb
Swift also went solo during the Toy Story 5 world premiere in Los Angeles on Tuesday, June 9.
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Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
12 June 2026
Teens ages 13 to 17 can ride solo with an Uber Teen Account that must be set up and linked to an account owned by a parent or legal guardian.
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Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
10 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for solo
Adjective
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The Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry said the virus was found in a single seabird, a brown skua, near Esperance on the south coast of Western Australia, in Cape Le Grand National Park.
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Zoroastrianism’s core tenets – a single God, the cosmic struggle between good and evil – are widely believed by historians to have formed the theological groundwork for the major Abrahamic religions.
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That realization led him to a collection of honky-tonk stompers, highway ballads and intimate character studies.
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The slow-burn thriller is partially based on a 17th century ballad in which the heroic outlaw’s cousin, a malevolent prioress, bleeds the older, ailing Robin to death under the guise of the ancient medical treatment known as bloodletting.
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All products featured on Allure are independently selected by our editors.
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All products featured on Glamour are independently selected by our editors.
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That could lead to Arraez making it in as a reserve, or the Giants’ lone selection or selections being a pitcher or pitchers.
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The sun was blinding, my lone witness.
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These inputs are for capturing vocals and acoustic instruments with zero hiss.
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And what would the soundtrack be without Salonga’s vocals?
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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.
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When eggs or embryos are destroyed as the result of commercial egg storage tank failures, lawsuits may follow, singly, as a group, or in a class action.
Adjective
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But the book’s ruminative watchfulness is unsuccessfully conjugated in this overly sedate play with music, which has the feel of a song cycle, though sung by the fine cast with gorgeous, lonely sorrow.
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One casualty was his lovely Princeton apartment, which never came together, more grad-student than dean in its feel, a lonely refrigerator in the kitchen holding only a cup of iced coffee or a jar of mayonnaise.
Noun
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Fundstrat Global Advisors' Tom Lee has joined a growing chorus of Wall Street bulls forecasting the S & P 500 will end the year at 8,000.
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The chorus rises into a falsetto that can carry urgency, comfort, and humor before a listener understands a single word.
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“Solo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/solo. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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