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as in unmarried
not married
everyone was surprised when the unattached woman finally fell in love
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as in single
not physically attached to another unit
preferred an unattached house to a townhome
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Recent Examples of unattached
Registration ranges from $505 to $1,100 per competitive team, with free agent lists for unattached players and teams looking for players, and individual rates for classes and solo activities.
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John Wenzel,
Denver Post,
24 Mar. 2026
Gently separate the unattached part of each bunny ear and press down on the glue dots.
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Annabelle Canela,
Parents,
14 Mar. 2026
The song is one of many that addresses a period where Musgraves was sometimes blissfully and sometimes woefully romantically unattached.
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Melinda Newman,
Billboard,
11 Mar. 2026
Plus, the unattached back piece looks clunky, and the tongue doesn’t read.
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Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
17 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for unattached
John Wenzel,
Denver Post,
24 Mar. 2026
Gently separate the unattached part of each bunny ear and press down on the glue dots.
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Annabelle Canela,
Parents,
14 Mar. 2026
The song is one of many that addresses a period where Musgraves was sometimes blissfully and sometimes woefully romantically unattached.
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Melinda Newman,
Billboard,
11 Mar. 2026
Plus, the unattached back piece looks clunky, and the tongue doesn’t read.
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Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
17 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for unattached
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unattached
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To claim Head of Household (HOH), the taxpayer generally must be unmarried (single, legally separated, divorced, or widowed) or be considered unmarried, pay more than half the cost of maintaining the home, and have a qualifying person.
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While church policies emphasized that unmarried women had the right to keep their children and the children had a right to remain with their mothers, staff often ignored this guidance and worked closely with adoption agencies, researchers found.
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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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Or a pig’s leg lying off to the side, detached and jittering, could resemble Ted’s leg.
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They got approved for a mortgage on a £150,000 (about $198,441) two-bedroom, semi-detached house in Seaham, England.
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Rodriguez, who has expressed some interest in the proposal, said city leaders had not determined how county election officials would issue separate ballots for voters who would be barred from state and national contests.
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Each ticket costs $5, and players may pick six numbers from two separate pools of numbers — five different numbers from 1 to 70 (the white balls) and one number from 1 to 24 (the gold Mega Ball) — or select Easy Pick/Quick Pick.
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“Unattached.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unattached. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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