1
as in person
a member of the human race
every individual has value
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2
as in entity
one that has a real and independent existence
our general concept of what constitutes a chair is based on our experience with many individuals that were called chairs
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as in personal
of, relating to, or belonging to a single person
everyone has his or her own individual opinion about the subject, but you will have to work together
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as in different
not the same or shared
guest rooms at the inn have individual bathrooms
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as in distinct
serving to identify as belonging to an individual or group
he's got a highly individual laugh that I would know anywhere
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Recent Examples of individual
Chris Spargo, People.com, 23 May 2025
Like the Internet Archive’s other databases, individuals can contribute to the Wayback Machine, too.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 23 May 2025
Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 3 June 2025
Tesla dealerships and individual vehicles were vandalized.
—W. James Antle Iii, The Washington Examiner, 3 June 2025
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Noun
The parts were all taken from the cadavers of individuals who had donated their body to Harvard upon their death, according to federal prosecutors.
—Chris Spargo, People.com, 23 May 2025
Like the Internet Archive’s other databases, individuals can contribute to the Wayback Machine, too.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 23 May 2025
Adjective
The policy applied to small businesses, commercial and institutional clients, and credit card partners, but did not restrict how individual customers used their cards.
—Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 3 June 2025
Tesla dealerships and individual vehicles were vandalized.
—W. James Antle Iii, The Washington Examiner, 3 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for individual
Noun
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The person filming showed a backyard filled with people who appeared to be in their late teens to early 20s drinking and playing games.—
Jeff A. Chamer,
Charlotte Observer,
3 June 2025
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The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because word of the separation needed to come from Homa.—
Doug Ferguson,
Baltimore Sun,
3 June 2025
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The people holding top leadership positions at the charter and the third-party entity are also often the same people or are related, raising concerns about conflicts of interest.—
Kristen Taketa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 May 2025
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That would give the president free reign to create entities to get around transparency laws, CREW told the Supreme Court.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
24 May 2025
Adjective
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But there’s another reason that Cruise’s stardom seems of a different time: many fans choose to ignore the actor’s personal life when engaging with his work.—
Tyler Foggatt,
New Yorker,
24 May 2025
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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt emphasized that the recent dinner with top $TRUMP investors was a personal event, not affiliated with official government activities.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 May 2025
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Young, a British Columbia native who played for three different colleges and spent seven seasons in the minors before playing for the Doosan Bears in South Korea last season, hit his fourth career Major League homer and his first since September 2009 with the Chicago Cubs.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
28 May 2025
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But Mbappe chose to distance himself from that debate and his opening season was different to Ronaldo’s.—
Guillermo Rai,
New York Times,
28 May 2025
Adjective
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Within such simulations, there will be three distinct participant groups: 1.—
Ivan Shvaichenko,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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There is a distinct difference between the two eras.—
Ralph D. Russo,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
Noun
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As Rusby talks of finding god and becoming a better man, Kev screws a silencer onto his pistol.—
Matt Cabral,
EW.com,
26 May 2025
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To these penniless and amiably drunken men, every boozy beverage is always the last one — truly, for real this time, the last one — until the next one that usually comes right after.—
Tomris Laffly,
Variety,
25 May 2025
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Keep a distance from water, wet articles, and metal objects.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
31 May 2025
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The team used advanced computational methods to identify the object’s distinctive trajectory pattern in the sky.—
Nick Butler,
FOXNews.com,
31 May 2025
Adjective
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Taste is subjective, and USA TODAY Books has plenty of genres to recommend.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
25 May 2025
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But in real life—especially in business—the players change, the rules mutate, and the payoffs are subjective.—
Jason Snyder,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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“Individual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/individual. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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