nongregarious

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nongregarious
Adjective
  • Nicky Jam has released his first project since facing stark backlash for his (withdrawn) endorsement of Donald Trump.
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Children may express anxiety by becoming distant, withdrawn, agitated, upset, or avoiding social contact.8 4.
    Mark Gurarie, Verywell Health, 27 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • But when the homework clause was revealed, the enormous unsocial media fan was out there and the manure hit it with great force.
    Nick CanepaColumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 July 2022
  • The choice of verbs on social media seems, to Miss Manners, to demonstrate a decidedly unsocial intent.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2022
Adjective
  • My temperament is to be a little bit more reserved and private than hers.
    Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Cartagena, Spain, won third prize for its assistance to people with disabilities bathing at popular beaches, and for reserved accessible seats at public events.
    Troy Aidan Sambajon, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Richard’s other big ally is undervalued and initially stand-offish plant engineer Clarence C. Baker (Dennis Haysbert), who eventually warms to Richard’s interest in his machines, and who encourages him to think big.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 11 Mar. 2023
  • Guzmán said the stereotype that Germans are stand-offish is way off the mark.
    Soudi JiménezEscritor, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2022
Adjective
  • Lochlan is the younger brother, shy and introverted and clearly in the shadow of him.
    Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Your responsibilities will include developing research goals, allocating resources, and evaluating project outcomes—work that rewards your introverted tendencies toward careful planning and thoughtful analysis.
    Caroline Castrillon, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Here, Mitchell is a grizzled, reclusive homebody who prefers puzzles to people, and who must suddenly reckon with both, in the outside world.
    Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2025
  • In this mostly fictional version, the reclusive Omara has to decide whether or not to come back from retirement and record with her old colleagues from the fervent Cuban years, thus confronting those ghosts.
    Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Hydrate mask for dry and thirsty hair: on sale for $11 Original price: $22 (Ulta) Sick of dry and brittle hair?
    Christopher Murray, Fox News, 19 Mar. 2025
  • According to Meteorologist Doug Kahn, a strong low pressure system rotating in the northern Plains collided with warm, moist air from the Gulf, while on its backside, cold, dry air was being funneled down.
    Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • And while observatories in space and on the ground can give some clues about exoplanets, stars themselves are crucial to understanding these distant worlds.
    Elizabeth Landau, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Mar. 2025
  • And someday, our current limitations will also become remnants of distant tournament history.
    Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 21 Mar. 2025
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“Nongregarious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nongregarious. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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