STAND-ALONE Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

stand-alone

adjective

Definition of stand-alone

as in single

operating or standing on its own The device can be purchased either as a stand-alone unit or as part of a bundled system. The rental property is a stand-alone guesthouse.

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Recent Examples of stand-alone Five Steps Brands Can Take Now Most stand-alone AI tools lack the customer context required to deliver autonomous CX. — Susan Ganeshan, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026 Experts caution that caffeine should not be viewed as a stand-alone strategy for preventing dementia. — Lauren Pastrana, CBS News, 29 June 2026 And a stand-alone NBCUniversal could pursue deals with other media companies (once again, as a buyer or seller) to scale up and compete. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 29 June 2026 The new collaboration comes at the same time as Abe swerved convention this season, showing her men’s collection with a stand-alone show and just a few women’s resort looks tossed in the mix. — Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 28 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for stand-alone

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Adjective

In the eighth, Massey hit a go-ahead single, driving in first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2026
In recent decades, the Mediterranean waters have warmed to temperatures that allow the blue crabs to reproduce more successfully — sometimes multiple times within a single breeding season.

— Kasha Patel, CNN Money, 18 July 2026

Definition of single

Adjective

That convergence is drawing together businesses that once occupied separate corners of the market, from consumer staples companies selling food to biotech firms developing medicines and veterinary providers offering increasingly sophisticated care.

— Elsa Ohlen,Carolin Roth, CNBC, 18 July 2026
The consignor was later identified as an accomplice in a separate auction fraud case in Hebei province.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of separate

Adjective

Bringing home a current-generation high-resolution speaker with five discrete amplifier channels and LDAC wireless codec support for under $100 is an extraordinary value.

— Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 16 July 2026
Annemarie Cortez, the principal at an elementary school in Corona, California, told me that many administrators are instructing teachers not to assign full books; they’re supposed to be running discrete reading drills with short excerpts.

— Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026

Definition of discrete

Adjective

Guests return year on year, generation on generation, making Coral Reef Club the perfect antidote to the detached, impersonal sheen of the modern chain resort.

— Jonnie Bayfield, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 July 2026
Or a pig’s leg lying off to the side, detached and jittering, could resemble Ted’s leg.

— Will Mackin, New Yorker, 28 June 2026

Definition of detached

Adjective

The aircraft is operated by the private charter division of Qatar Airways, a World Cup sponsor.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 July 2026
In South Korea, almost eighty per cent of children regularly attend a hagwon—a private-tutoring center that supplements their schooling and prepares them for tests—which means that many kids are spending up to twelve hours a day in a classroom.

— Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 19 July 2026

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