as in maverick
a person who does not conform to generally accepted standards or customs
that guy in tech support is a loner, and never wants to hang out with the rest of us
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Recent Examples of loner
Today, one of the primary worries are loners whose rantings online are fed by others who are like-minded.
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Adam Geller, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
Each character is often an outlier, a loner or a misfit.
—Stuart Neal, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Can Kat trust her family or friends — or Josh? — ever again, or is she destined to become one of Manchester PD’s most vengeful loners.
—Marah Eakin, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2025
Flag and Frankenstein come together randomly, but these two loners end up bonding — and that connection was made literal by having Grillo and Harbour record their lines in person, a rarity in modern animation.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 26 Dec. 2024
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Adam Geller, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
Each character is often an outlier, a loner or a misfit.
—Stuart Neal, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Can Kat trust her family or friends — or Josh? — ever again, or is she destined to become one of Manchester PD’s most vengeful loners.
—Marah Eakin, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2025
Flag and Frankenstein come together randomly, but these two loners end up bonding — and that connection was made literal by having Grillo and Harbour record their lines in person, a rarity in modern animation.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 26 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for loner
Noun
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Overall, there were palpable achievements, not a few of which involved reminding Americans of the importance of core structural values as the maverick extremes of political discourse exploded in their influence.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Jan. 2025
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Kai Havertz’s finishing, for example, or Kylian Mbappe’s work rate, or the gradual erosion of Jack Grealish’s maverick edge.—
Rory Smith,
The Athletic,
19 Jan. 2025
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Actual Ad The ad Cambridge sent to individualists depicts rows of U.S. flags in a field, an image widely associated with military sacrifice and remembrances of war.—
Corey G. Johnson,
ProPublica,
27 Feb. 2025
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The folly of swapping him out for Ibrahimovic, football’s most brash individualist outside of Cristiano Ronaldo, was exposed in less than a year.—
Liam Twomey,
The Athletic,
6 Feb. 2025
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Would love to know what these career eccentrics make of the pomp and pageantry of the Grammys.—
August Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2025
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Foreman was one of the last living crossover theatrical eccentrics, an outsider artist whose philosophically rigorous work for downtown micro-audiences alternated with engagements at Lincoln Center and the Festival d’Automne, in Paris.—
Helen Shaw,
The New Yorker,
9 Jan. 2025
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“Loner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loner. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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