stand-alone

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Recent Examples of stand-alone Although now majority owned by Frasers Group, The Webster will continue to operate as a stand-alone business within Frasers Group’s Flannels luxury division, according to the retailer. Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2025 For that reason, the vast majority of companies now employ human reviews and stand-alone testing tools or services to address generative AI’s deficiencies. Philipp Eisenhauer, Harvard Business Review, 8 Oct. 2025 The song was released last month as a stand-alone single after first being teased on McRae’s Miss Possessive tour. Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 7 Oct. 2025 The Free Press will remain a stand-alone business outside of CBS News. Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for stand-alone
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stand-alone
Adjective
  • But with so much of that renewable generating technology also imported from a single country, there is a risk that one strategic geopolitical vulnerability is simply replaced with another.
    Andrew Saunders, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
  • At the time, the university didn't offer a single course on Puerto Ricans, Chicanos, Native Americans or Asian Americans, according to the report.
    Gina Lee Castro, jsonline.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Croup swells the upper area of the passageways— lungs are a separate issue.
    Melissa Willets, Parents, 14 Oct. 2025
  • During three separate Starship launches since October, SpaceX returned the massive spacecraft's rocket booster at its South Texas launch site to be caught by its giant tower with metal arms.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • With the help of advanced transmission electron microscopy, the team revealed the gold was not forming continuous films, as previously thought, but existed as discrete nanoparticles.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Dell sells a discrete-GPU option to make this a media-editing machine for creative users, which adds to the already significant cost.
    Matthew Buzzi, PC Magazine, 5 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Ultimately, Weitzman says, while some people view the humor through an ironic or detached lens, the movie is made with an honesty that isn’t always depicted in comedy.
    William Earl, Variety, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Due to his austere and detached manner, he is known to immediately inspire awe in his patients.
    Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Some private business owners are still trying to process the change in Florida’s gun law.
    Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2025
  • The wildfire has been burning on private land.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 11 Oct. 2025

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“Stand-alone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stand-alone. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.

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