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
Now unaccompanied kids are being treated like adults, despite laws and policies meant to give them extra consideration.
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E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
20 June 2026
The Cahuec Cocs are accused of submitting fraudulent sponsorship applications from December 2020 to October 2023 in order to gain custody of unaccompanied minors.
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Sarah N. Lynch,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
His rivals scrutinized his leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic and the unaccompanied migrant children crisis in 2021, when Becerra’s Department of Health and Human Services was responsible for shelters where they were housed.
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Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Daily News,
9 June 2026
During the campaign Becerra’s rivals scrutinized his leadership as health secretary during the COVID-19 pandemic and unaccompanied migrant children crisis in 2021, when Becerra’s Department of Health and Human Services was responsible for shelters where they were housed.
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Sophie Austin,
Chicago Tribune,
6 June 2026
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E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
20 June 2026
The Cahuec Cocs are accused of submitting fraudulent sponsorship applications from December 2020 to October 2023 in order to gain custody of unaccompanied minors.
—
Sarah N. Lynch,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
His rivals scrutinized his leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic and the unaccompanied migrant children crisis in 2021, when Becerra’s Department of Health and Human Services was responsible for shelters where they were housed.
—
Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Daily News,
9 June 2026
During the campaign Becerra’s rivals scrutinized his leadership as health secretary during the COVID-19 pandemic and unaccompanied migrant children crisis in 2021, when Becerra’s Department of Health and Human Services was responsible for shelters where they were housed.
—
Sophie Austin,
Chicago Tribune,
6 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unaccompanied
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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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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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Smith pulled a hanging slider onto the train tracks above left field for a solo homer in the fifth.
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Maru San is his first solo venture with Chef Simon Lam (both chef José Andrés alums)—an intimate Nikkei hand-roll counter that marries Japanese and Peruvian flavors… one of the only restaurants in DC to do so.
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Two double bedrooms and a single bedroom are tucked at the end of the main floor, and are adjoined by a large outdoor terrace.
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Six days after the Yankees' first 15 batters couldn't get a hit off Bennett, the lanky left-hander retired the Angels' first 13 batters before Vaughn Grissom's fifth-inning single.
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Keep a distance from tall, solitary trees or other elevated structures.
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These solitary, nonaggressive bees use small pieces of leaves to build their nests, causing only cosmetic harm to the plant.
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And in reality, Paul Revere was not alone that night by any means.
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The driver, an unidentified male, was alone in the silver sedan.
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“Unaccompanied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unaccompanied. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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