as in individually
not together with someone or something else
The software is sold separately from the hardware. Store the raw meat separately so it doesn't contaminate the other food. The professor met with each student separately.
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Meanwhile, both boys separately gave similar accounts to police.
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Ben Brachfeld, People.com, 13 Jan. 2025
Issues specific to bicycles and pedestrians will be addressed separately as part of the Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan, which is expected to be updated in 2025-26, the website said.
—Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2025
If the purpose is to benefit humanity, the question of a greater artificial intelligence—whether it could be called general or superintelligence—cannot be addressed separately from that of creating something akin to what would define machine integrity behavioral capability: artificial integrity.
—Hamilton Mann, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
Or, taking two or more strains separately might be an option.
—Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 1 Jan. 2025
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Ben Brachfeld, People.com, 13 Jan. 2025
Issues specific to bicycles and pedestrians will be addressed separately as part of the Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan, which is expected to be updated in 2025-26, the website said.
—Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2025
If the purpose is to benefit humanity, the question of a greater artificial intelligence—whether it could be called general or superintelligence—cannot be addressed separately from that of creating something akin to what would define machine integrity behavioral capability: artificial integrity.
—Hamilton Mann, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
Or, taking two or more strains separately might be an option.
—Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 1 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for separately
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“Separately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/separately. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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