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
Domestic violence shelters routinely turn away unaccompanied minors, and youth-shelter stays are limited to three weeks.
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Fraidy Reiss, Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2026
Barack Obama’s administration detained unaccompanied children and families despite humanitarian rhetoric, contradicting Clinton’s assertion that children were not placed in detention camps.
—Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
The old-fashioned thinking is that the man should pay for an unaccompanied woman joining a couple for a meal, but this is 2026.
—Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 17 Feb. 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
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Fraidy Reiss, Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2026
Barack Obama’s administration detained unaccompanied children and families despite humanitarian rhetoric, contradicting Clinton’s assertion that children were not placed in detention camps.
—Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
The old-fashioned thinking is that the man should pay for an unaccompanied woman joining a couple for a meal, but this is 2026.
—Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 17 Feb. 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unaccompanied
Adjective
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An efficient Cabrera issued only one walk and quickly erased the lone hit — a Nolan Schanuel one-out single in the fourth — with a double play from the next hitter.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2026
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Powell, who was the Heat’s lone All-Star this season, missed his second straight game on Monday due to an upper respiratory infection.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
31 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Single bunnies can be lonely and depressed.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
30 Mar. 2026
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Scripted by Grace Glowicki and Ben Petrie (partners in life and in filmmaking), these words of seduction are music to the ears of a lonely Gravedigger (Glowicki), who has been formulating a perfume to cover up her corpse-like stench.—
Katie Walsh,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Adell leaped high above the yellow line on the wall to deny Cal Raleigh of a solo homer in the first and made a nearly identical catch to deny Josh Naylor of a solo homer in the eighth.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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Walker extended the advantage in the third with a solo homer to left-center, his first of the season.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The Korean’s quartet of assists was one shy of the MLS single-game record set by Lionel Messi last year, and established a new high for LAFC.—
Josh Gross,
Daily News,
5 Apr. 2026
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This could extend to single-serve snacks in the car while out running errands.—
Dr. Sarah Kinsella,
Boston Herald,
5 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Keep a distance from tall, solitary trees or other elevated structures.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
1 Apr. 2026
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For too long, we’ve been sold a version of resilience that looks like a solitary figure bracing against a gale.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The pressing finally paid off in the 48th minute when Forney sophomore Addison Staats picked the pocket of a Carroll player, raced 30 yards down the left side and threw a perfect cross to Kalani Brundage who was all alone, 5 yards in front of the net.—
Darren Lauber,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Apr. 2026
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Burcham left Marsha alone to get the paperwork for the download.—
Peter Van Sant,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Unaccompanied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unaccompanied. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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