1
as in exclusive
belonging only to the one person, unit, or group named
the landowner has sole rights to the property, so he can do whatever he wants to with it
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2
as in only
being the one or ones of a class with no other members
the eldest son became the family's sole support
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as in toe
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Recent Examples of sole
Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 2 July 2025
Underneath, the wavy indents in the sole actually worked, morphing over uneven surfaces and keeping the ride smooth and supportive on nearly every terrain.
—The Editors, Outside Online, 26 June 2025
Lily Kepner, Austin American Statesman, 25 July 2025
Laws were written with the sole intent of crushing First Nations into submission so that the colonizers could easily take the land and everything on it or underneath it.
—Tanya Talaga
july 24, Literary Hub, 24 July 2025
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Adjective
The sole has intense ergonomic treading to prevent slipping.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 2 July 2025
Underneath, the wavy indents in the sole actually worked, morphing over uneven surfaces and keeping the ride smooth and supportive on nearly every terrain.
—The Editors, Outside Online, 26 June 2025
Noun
Regents also moved to name interim Chancellor John Zerwas sole finalist for the system's chancellor position.
—Lily Kepner, Austin American Statesman, 25 July 2025
Laws were written with the sole intent of crushing First Nations into submission so that the colonizers could easily take the land and everything on it or underneath it.
—Tanya Talaga
july 24, Literary Hub, 24 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sole
Adjective
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Formed nearly 100 years ago, the elusive and exclusive Detection Club met regularly as its members dined and helped each other with technical aspects of their writing.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
23 July 2025
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An exclusive new cineplex with 20 private screening rooms is coming to Chelsea.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
23 July 2025
Adjective
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Guests are led behind a velvet curtain and through a hidden bookcase into the NAVI lounge inside Post Oak Hotel, the only Forbes Five-Star hotel in Texas.—
Lanee Lee,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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Back in 2014, batteries cost more and stored less energy per unit of volume and mass, and the only way to get to the end of a 45-minute race was for each driver to have two identical cars, swapping at a mid-race pitstop.—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
31 July 2025
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Their daughter, Erin, has dipped her toes in the industry, too.—
Samantha Husted,
Charlotte Observer,
30 July 2025
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Rather than a square toe, however, these ballet flats have a pointed toe that’s still spacious enough to prevent your feet from scrunching up.—
Amelia McBride,
Travel + Leisure,
30 July 2025
Adjective
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Contact personal finance columnist Susan Tompor: stompor@freepress.com.—
Susan Tompor,
Freep.com,
24 July 2025
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Clint Eastwood is as impersonal a personal filmmaker as modern Hollywood has to offer.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
23 July 2025
Adjective
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Gomez, the lone Democrat on the commission, said she was troubled by Paramount’s payment to settle a suit brought by President Trump and by other concessions.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
24 July 2025
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Emergency responders arrived on the scene and assisted the lone survivor.—
Forum News Service,
Twin Cities,
23 July 2025
Noun
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The underside of the stones is bonded to the sticky asphalt cement.—
Tim Carter,
Hartford Courant,
2 Aug. 2025
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Cabbage loopers feed on leaf undersides, creating windowpane patterns, while later larval stages chew holes or bore into cabbage heads, causing stunted growth or failure to form a head.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
31 July 2025
Adjective
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Support individual stems with single bamboo stakes; multiple stems may benefit from a grow-through grid or tomato cage.—
Rita Pelczar,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 July 2025
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Machado began the bottom of the sixth with a single grounded through the middle of the infield on the first pitch of his at-bat.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 July 2025
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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.—
SI.com,
SI.com,
3 Aug. 2019
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Decisions made by engineers today, in other words, will determine not how one car drives but how all cars drive.—
Johannes Himmelreich,
BostonGlobe.com,
30 Mar. 2018
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“Sole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sole. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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