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
However, experts caution that the ratio should be used alongside broader market and economic considerations rather than as a stand-alone timing indicator.
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Faith Wakefield,
USA Today,
24 June 2026
Within the United States, these pressures are translating into the repricing of water as a stand-alone asset.
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Chris Morris,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
This story first appeared in a June stand-alone issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.
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David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
22 June 2026
Rural states do not necessarily need traditional, stand-alone programs.
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Jocelyn Mitchell-Williams,
STAT,
19 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for stand-alone
Faith Wakefield,
USA Today,
24 June 2026
Within the United States, these pressures are translating into the repricing of water as a stand-alone asset.
—
Chris Morris,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
This story first appeared in a June stand-alone issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.
—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
22 June 2026
Rural states do not necessarily need traditional, stand-alone programs.
—
Jocelyn Mitchell-Williams,
STAT,
19 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for stand-alone
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stand-alone
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That was the most of any player in that tournament, earning Kane the Golden Boot that year and tying Lineker’s record for the most goals by an England player in a single World Cup.
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Under state law, any single gift — or multiple gifts from the same source that add up to $50 or more during the annual period — must be disclosed.
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Smith says in a separate interview.
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Though acquitted of murder, Simpson later was found liable for the deaths in a separate civil case.
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Second, these contracts lack accountability, with no easy way to hold a vendor accountable for an outcome when pricing is based on discrete components.
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Roughly speaking, combinatorics is the study of finite or discrete structures.
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They got approved for a mortgage on a £150,000 (about $198,441) two-bedroom, semi-detached house in Seaham, England.
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Olise has purposefully cultivated a kind of detached non-persona.
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Rodríguez also said the country’s entire public and private healthcare network had been activated to treat the injured, urging doctors, nurses and other medical personnel to report immediately to their workplaces.
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Delta Air Lines is metro Atlanta's largest private employer.
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“Stand-alone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stand-alone. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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