loneliness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for loneliness
Noun
  • However, what began as a fair living situation has spiraled into passive-aggressive whispers and feelings of isolation.
    Ashley Vega, People.com, 3 Aug. 2025
  • The horizon is ever-present, either as a forbidding blankness or a flat, shimmering cityscape that reinforces the characters’ growing isolation.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Start small Begin with as little as 10 minutes of solitude per day.
    Joseph Jebelli, CNBC, 23 July 2025
  • The project explores the tension between love and loneliness, questioning whether one escapes solitude by helping others find meaningful relationships.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 21 July 2025
Noun
  • Roy’s Taxi Entrepreneurial opportunities for providing private transportation services in Austin have been shaped largely by segregation, regulation and innovation.
    Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 29 July 2025
  • The problems to surmount were structural: deindustrialization, entrenched segregation, economic marginalization—conditions shaped by Jim Crow, but not undone by its eclipse.
    Idrees Kahloon, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
Noun
  • While a lot has changed over the 249 years since those men emerged from their sweaty seclusion, one thing hasn't: Philadelphia is still hot and steamy at the height of summer.
    Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 4 July 2025
  • In the 1980s, Stone largely slipped into seclusion, with sporadic public appearances.
    Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • World has faced privacy and legal challenges worldwide, including in Hong Kong, Indonesia and Kenya.
    Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
  • In 2019, a state lobbyist for Microsoft approached Elkins about sponsoring a data privacy bill.
    Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 29 July 2025
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“Loneliness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loneliness. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.

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