separately
adverb
sep·a·rate·ly
ˈse-p(ə-)rət-lē 
ˈse-pərt-lē
: in a separate manner or by separate means : not together with someone or something else
She and her husband drove separately to the restaurant.
The software is sold separately from the hardware.
The professor met with each student separately.
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In a case that's drawing significant social media attention, a Georgia college student and her father are being held in the same immigration detention center and facing deportation after they were separately stopped by police for driving without valid licenses.
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Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 15 May 2025
This avoids the inefficiency of multiple groups negotiating separately for the same items.
—Eric Steele, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
The event itself, however, is run separately by the Salute Charitable Organization.
—Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
The brothers were first tried separately, but both trials resulted in deadlocked juries.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 14 May 2025
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Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 15 May 2025
This avoids the inefficiency of multiple groups negotiating separately for the same items.
—Eric Steele, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
The event itself, however, is run separately by the Salute Charitable Organization.
—Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
The brothers were first tried separately, but both trials resulted in deadlocked juries.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 14 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for separately
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“Separately.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/separately. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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