as in lone
not being in the company of others
an unaccompanied child on the airplane flight
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Recent Examples of unaccompanied
Families with children and unaccompanied minors are typically placed in hotels instead of congregate shelters.
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Dante Motley, Austin American Statesman, 18 Jan. 2026
Zheng was placed in immigration detention at the Orange County Correctional Facility, and Yuanxin was transferred to the Office of Refugee Resettlement, which holds unaccompanied immigrant children, according to the DHS.
—Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 22 Dec. 2025
That includes the unaccompanied children who come to the United States after escaping trafficking and abuse.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2025
Meanwhile, officials prepared to take the first-grade student to the Office of Refugee Resettlement, which holds unaccompanied immigrant children, according to the NYT.
—Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 5 Dec. 2025
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Dante Motley, Austin American Statesman, 18 Jan. 2026
Zheng was placed in immigration detention at the Orange County Correctional Facility, and Yuanxin was transferred to the Office of Refugee Resettlement, which holds unaccompanied immigrant children, according to the DHS.
—Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 22 Dec. 2025
That includes the unaccompanied children who come to the United States after escaping trafficking and abuse.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2025
Meanwhile, officials prepared to take the first-grade student to the Office of Refugee Resettlement, which holds unaccompanied immigrant children, according to the NYT.
—Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 5 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unaccompanied
Adjective
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Lauer was the lone holdout, waiting until a few weeks before trial to admit guilt.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
10 Mar. 2026
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The lone camera is a single round lens that protrudes from the upper-left corner of the rear panel.—
Eric Zeman,
PC Magazine,
9 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Gary is a lonely, unassuming postal worker who loves the Counting Crows.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
9 Mar. 2026
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Its 1959 Googie-style sign pierces the sky, a beacon of hope for weary road-trippers cruising this achingly lonely stretch of highway.—
Zoey Goto,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Before opening the show in London, Opie had been in Germany installing another solo exhibition at the Fridericianum museum in Kassel.—
Fiona Sinclair Scott,
CNN Money,
7 Mar. 2026
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The Power of Solo Travel Travel, especially solo travel, has always rejuvenated me.—
Robin Allison Davis,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Instead of a single physical server, HostArmada provides dedicated resources on a redundant cloud platform, meaning your data is synced across a high-speed SSD network.—
Gabriel Zamora,
PC Magazine,
8 Mar. 2026
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This is suggested by the fact that married men live longer than single men.—
Deborah Treisman,
New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Young adults in the early earbuds age used her songs as fuel for runs, laptop work, Tinder hookups, and the solitary, self-reflective mornings after.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
11 Mar. 2026
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His life is solitary and frugal.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 Mar. 2026
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Finally, many families will need to analyze whether to invest alone or with partners – a decision that carries its own set of advantages and trade‑offs.—
Belinda G. Schwartz,
Fortune,
7 Mar. 2026
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An 11-year-old boy was taken into protective custody after being found alone with a serious head injury on the West Side in the Garfield Park neighborhood, Chicago police said.—
Deanese Williams-Harris,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Unaccompanied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unaccompanied. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.
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