as in lone
not being in the company of others
a solo flight in a hot-air balloon
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as in ballad
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as in independently
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Recent Examples of solo
Catherine Santino, People.com, 16 Feb. 2025
His 55-minute set of variations, his last major work — and his largest — for solo piano is a compendium of what the composer could do and what the keyboard instrument of 1825 could do.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2025
Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 14 Feb. 2025
The 6-foot, 210-pound Woodson tallied 45 solo tackles, two interceptions and seven passes defended this season.
—Charlotte Carroll, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025
Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 6 Feb. 2025
Lloyd will join a collection of former U.S. players, while Solo is going … solo … with a team of her own.
—Emily Olsen, The Athletic, 4 Feb. 2025
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Adjective
Over the course of a week, a group of guests — including Jennifer Coolidge as the solo traveler Tanya McQuoid — grapple with their own personal dramas and become entangled in one another’s.
—Catherine Santino, People.com, 16 Feb. 2025
His 55-minute set of variations, his last major work — and his largest — for solo piano is a compendium of what the composer could do and what the keyboard instrument of 1825 could do.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2025
Noun
But Universal Studios held—and continues to hold—the distribution rights for any Hulk solo films, so Marvel Studios scuttled plans for a sequel and recast star Edward Norton with Mark Ruffalo for future Avengers team-up films.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 14 Feb. 2025
The 6-foot, 210-pound Woodson tallied 45 solo tackles, two interceptions and seven passes defended this season.
—Charlotte Carroll, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025
Adverb
If going solo is risky, launching your own label as an unknown requires an even bigger leap of faith—along with either a willing suspension of disbelief or an amazing amount of true grit.
—Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 6 Feb. 2025
Lloyd will join a collection of former U.S. players, while Solo is going … solo … with a team of her own.
—Emily Olsen, The Athletic, 4 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for solo
Adjective
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She was confirmed by a party line vote of 52-46, with a lone Democrat Sen. Jacky Rosen voting in favor of her confirmation.—
Sudiksha Kochi,
USA TODAY,
20 Feb. 2025
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The lone other investing startup on the list, Capitalize, is appearing for the second straight year after raising a $19 million Series B round in August.—
Hank Tucker,
Forbes,
18 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The track, which will appear on Perfume Genius’ upcoming album, Glory, is a multi-faceted epic, filled with sudden tempo changes and atmospheric swings from tender folk ballad to resonant alt-rock glory.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
19 Feb. 2025
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The group, known for their slow jams and heartfelt ballads, met with lawmakers on Valentines Day eve to deliver a letter signed by more than 300 artists calling for swift passage of the American Music Fairness Act.—
Savannah Kuchar,
USA TODAY,
15 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Under his leadership, his company has expanded from a single warehouse to six state-of-the-art facilities covering 15,000 square feet.—
Tyler Shepherd,
USA TODAY,
22 Feb. 2025
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The idea is to really show the audience the extraordinary sacrifices that these people are making every single day, to try to take care of you on what’s usually your worst day or one of your worst days.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
21 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Marking his debut single under his new signing with Rimas Entertainment, the Puerto Rican artist delivers an infectious tropical tune with percussion, trombones, trumpets, and more, while his flirty vocals sing about a guy who’s trying to impress a girl with his English-speaking skills.—
Griselda Flores,
Billboard,
21 Feb. 2025
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Born in Mississippi to sharecropper parents and raised in Chicago, Butler brought his church choir vocals to an early iteration of the Impressions after meeting Curtis Mayfield in the mid-1950s.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
21 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Bill’s smarm has calcified into a kind of mad obsession; Hal is a starkly lonely and cowardly man.—
Angelica Jade Bastién,
Vulture,
22 Feb. 2025
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Prepare For It To Be A Lonely Road I was told that entrepreneurship is a lonely road.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The song enacts her process of finding power, as her voice moves from rapid-fire chants in the verses to soaring melodies in the chorus.—
Adam Bradley D’Angelo Lovell Williams Milton David Dixon III,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2025
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The Democrats running against Adams and a growing chorus of others in New York are now calling on him to resign or for someone else to step in to do what the feds won’t.—
Harry Siegel,
New York Daily News,
15 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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It’s referred to as monophylla (meaning one-leaved) because its leaves or needles uniquely occur singly, as opposed to all other pine trees where needles are found in bundles of two or more.—
Joshua Siskin,
Orange County Register,
8 Feb. 2025
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This arrangement allows a single operator to control any number of attackers, launching them singly or in groups as the situation requires.—
David Hambling,
Forbes,
6 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Last fall, Cromwell Valley Park’s critter cam captured a solitary beaver about 1000 yards downstream from that bridge, starting a new dam.—
Carl R. Gold,
Baltimore Sun,
19 Feb. 2025
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Keep a distance from tall, solitary trees or other elevated structures.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Feb. 2025
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“Solo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/solo. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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