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Recent Examples of hermit
Dexter is now a bit of a hermit living in the wilderness, when his past begins to catch up with him.
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James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
The technique was initially practiced alone, but in 1260 a hermit in Perugia launched a movement, and organized processions of mass self-flagellation broke out across Italy.
—Michael Robbins, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Even Neil Young, known as something of a hermit, stopped in.
—Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025
Everyone, to some degree, is a hermit, just wanting to find love and reconciliation or validation with someone else.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 25 July 2025
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James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
The technique was initially practiced alone, but in 1260 a hermit in Perugia launched a movement, and organized processions of mass self-flagellation broke out across Italy.
—Michael Robbins, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Even Neil Young, known as something of a hermit, stopped in.
—Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025
Everyone, to some degree, is a hermit, just wanting to find love and reconciliation or validation with someone else.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 25 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hermit
Noun
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Trapdoor spiders, black widows, recluses.—
T. Coraghessan Boyle,
New Yorker,
14 Sep. 2025
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Elvis had become a Las Vegas lounge act; the Beatles had broken up; Bob Dylan had been a recluse since his motorcycle accident in 1966.—
Louis P. Masur,
The Conversation,
21 Aug. 2025
Noun
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However, Local Law 42, the law limiting solitary, requires 14 hours per day of out-of-cell time.—
Graham Rayman,
New York Daily News,
11 Feb. 2025
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Sweat was then confined to 23-hour-a-day solitary at Five Points Correctional Center, though he was subsequently transferred to Attica Correctional after trying to bribe Five Points officials.—
Kenny Herzog,
Vulture,
23 Oct. 2024
Noun
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Whey isolate contains more protein than whey concentrate.—
Merve Ceylan,
Health,
26 Aug. 2025
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Adductor Machine The adductor machine isolates and strengthens inner thigh muscles effectively.—
Sixteen Ramos,
USA Today,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Hermit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hermit. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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