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as in independently
without aid or support
completely new to the big city, she nevertheless managed to find her way home alone
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as in only
for nothing other than
would willingly play professional baseball for the sheer enjoyment alone
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as in lonely
not being in the company of others
no one realized the boy was alone in his room so they all left for the movies without him
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as in one
being the one or ones of a class with no other members
he is alone among the actors of his generation in his exceptional ability to play both comedic and serious parts
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Recent Examples of alone
Andrew Staples,
Fortune,
3 July 2026
Raymond said investigators do not believe the suspect acted alone.
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Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
3 July 2026
Hannah Jocelyn,
New Yorker,
1 July 2026
Or have their kids forgo learning with other children to sit alone with AI tutors?
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Gene Sperling,
Time,
1 July 2026
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And third is working closely with partners like Renault and Chinese manufacturer Dongfeng to get speed and scale rather than try to do everything alone.
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Andrew Staples,
Fortune,
3 July 2026
Raymond said investigators do not believe the suspect acted alone.
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Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
3 July 2026
Adjective
At one point, the narrator, embarrassed by his own act of cruelty, gives a sobbing woman all his money and then leaves her alone in a hotel room.
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Hannah Jocelyn,
New Yorker,
1 July 2026
Or have their kids forgo learning with other children to sit alone with AI tutors?
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Gene Sperling,
Time,
1 July 2026
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All products featured on Glamour are independently selected by our editors.
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Panama coach Thomas Christiansen lamented a new World Cup rule that has left his team mathematically eliminated before their final Group L game, with today's clash against England offering only a chance to claw back some pride.
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Olympic gold medalist Arisa Trew secured her second winning result of the weekend with a switch McTwist — a 540-degree twist taking off from her opposite side while grabbing the middle of the board — during women’s vert best trick, which featured a field of athletes averaging only 16 1/2 years old.
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His lonely life away from friends Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint) and Hermione Granger (Emma Watson) included sleeping under the stairs.
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Thrown into the thick of a ballet season, the dancer explained that there wasn’t time to be lonely.
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Drinkwater didn't make one appearance in a Chelsea shirt last season, whilst Bakayoko spent the season in Italy on loan at AC Milan.
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Decisions made by engineers today, in other words, will determine not how one car drives but how all cars drive.
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Avila’s sister, Patricia Avila, who was also on the job when the mauling took place, was awarded $885,000 for emotional distress, and Maria Avila’s husband, Oscar Olivo, was separately awarded $50,000.
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In conventional winemaking, white grapes are pressed and the juice ferments separately from the skins.
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On the other hand, a large yard filled solely with small plants can look indistinct unless a few larger plants are added as anchors.
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This ruling compels companies to confront systemic biases embedded in their hiring data, rather than solely blaming technology.
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The van’s windows were smashed and a lone orange traffic cone sat on the hood.
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While South Africa and Ivory Coast thus far are the lone CAF squads to get bounced from the knockout stage, an impressive nine of 10 CAF squads made it to the knockout stage.
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Unlike standalone projects developed individually, Lightshift is grouping the installations into a larger portfolio.
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As victims are identified, they will be contacted individually, according to a sheriff’s office release.
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“Alone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alone. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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