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
The company launched its stand-alone direct-to-consumer subscription service Fox One, offering Fox News and other channels outside a pay TV package.
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Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
Does having Roku under the corporate umbrella remove a need to operate other stand-alone outlets?
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Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
15 June 2026
Representative Ro Khanna, whose district includes Silicon Valley, is one of the few Democrats calling for the restoration of a stand-alone aid agency as part of an ambitious foreign agenda.
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Missy Ryan,
The Atlantic,
10 June 2026
Retailing at 220 euros for 100-ml, the scents are already distributed in roughly 60 doors in Italy, including the brand’s first stand-alone store that opened last month in Milan’s Brera district.
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Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
9 June 2026
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Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
Does having Roku under the corporate umbrella remove a need to operate other stand-alone outlets?
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Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
15 June 2026
Representative Ro Khanna, whose district includes Silicon Valley, is one of the few Democrats calling for the restoration of a stand-alone aid agency as part of an ambitious foreign agenda.
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Missy Ryan,
The Atlantic,
10 June 2026
Retailing at 220 euros for 100-ml, the scents are already distributed in roughly 60 doors in Italy, including the brand’s first stand-alone store that opened last month in Milan’s Brera district.
—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
9 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stand-alone
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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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The criminal case comes as the victims’ families pursue a separate lawsuit filed in December and amended in April, alleging the crash and its aftermath were marked by a series of preventable failures.
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As is customary when deputies shoot a suspect, the Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau and Internal Affairs Bureau have launched separate investigations.
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With some mathematical wizardry, the researchers described a periodic surface whose elements capture discrete components of polarized wavefronts.
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All severe hazards possible w/ discrete storms.
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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 27 Jun. 2026.
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