as in solitary
a person who lives away from others St. Jerome is said to have spent two years as a hermit in the desert, searching for inner peace

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Recent Examples of hermit Despite being a commited hermit, Cheng likes to share his creative output online. Denni Hu, WWD, 9 Oct. 2024 The document also tells the life of high-ranking Bulgarian cleric and hermit St. Theodosius of Tarnovo, who lived during that time. Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 26 Sep. 2024 Much later, in the ninth century, a hermit named Pelayo is said to have told Teodomiro about a strange shower of bright stars. Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Aug. 2024 Some of these men and women lived alone, as hermits; others joined together in isolated communities of all men or all women. Joanne M. Pierce, The Conversation, 30 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for hermit 
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Noun
  • Sweat was then confined to 23-hour-a-day solitary at Five Points Correctional Center, though he was subsequently transferred to Attica Correctional after trying to bribe Five Points officials.
    Kenny Herzog, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Brandon reportedly died by suicide locked in solitary in that shower cage.
    Tamara Carter, New York Daily News, 29 Jan. 2024
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  • This includes brown and black widows and brown recluse.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 6 Dec. 2024
  • The Pout-Pout Fish is the story of an unlikely duo: Mr. Fish (Offerman), a pouty recluse, and Pip (Oyama), a high-energy sea dragon.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2024
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  • While the overall prevalence of ceftriaxone-resistance isolates was 8.1 percent among the 2,804 isolates, five of those 13 provinces had prevalence rates above 10 percent.
    Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Although soy and soy protein isolate are accessible in the U.S., what is currently lacking is wet spinning capacity to make the yarn.
    SJ Studio, Sourcing Journal, 6 Nov. 2024

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“Hermit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hermit. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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