as in lone
not being in the company of others
an unaccompanied child on the airplane flight
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Recent Examples of unaccompanied
Seventeen years later, as the Mexican economy has grown, only around one-third of the migrants trying to cross the border without authorization are Mexican, and there are many more families and unaccompanied minors.
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Amy Pope, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
Many unaccompanied minors taken into U.S. custody along the border are by law transferred to the Office of Refugee Resettlement at the Department of Health and Human Services.
—Nick Miroff The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 27 Dec. 2024
Some are exploring the controversial practice of detaining unaccompanied minors.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 23 Dec. 2024
According to border patrol data, since President Biden took office in 2021, nearly 540,000 unaccompanied children have been apprehended at the southern border.
—Brooke Taylor, Fox News, 16 Jan. 2025
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Amy Pope, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
Many unaccompanied minors taken into U.S. custody along the border are by law transferred to the Office of Refugee Resettlement at the Department of Health and Human Services.
—Nick Miroff The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 27 Dec. 2024
Some are exploring the controversial practice of detaining unaccompanied minors.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 23 Dec. 2024
According to border patrol data, since President Biden took office in 2021, nearly 540,000 unaccompanied children have been apprehended at the southern border.
—Brooke Taylor, Fox News, 16 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unaccompanied
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Meanwhile, the Jets haven’t played in a Super Bowl since their lone win in January 1969.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
26 Jan. 2025
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Morley, however, sees the unreleased files as a potential treasure trove of information that could undermine the lone gunman theory.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
25 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Sadly, Jesse died in July 2024, leaving Ruben grief-stricken and lonely.—
Kendall Malinchock,
USA TODAY,
28 Jan. 2025
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The sun will undergo this process in around 5 billion years, ending its life as a lonely, cooling stellar ember.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
27 Jan. 2025
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All have gone on to forge solo careers, the most successful being Styles.—
Caroline Frost,
Deadline,
26 Jan. 2025
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Nurse has played 139 solo minutes versus elites and Kulak 136 minutes against top opposition while away from Nurse.—
Allan Mitchell,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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The chipmaker lost close to $600 billion in market cap, the biggest drop for any company on a single day in U.S. history.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
28 Jan. 2025
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While Nvidia lost $600 billion of market value in a single day, for instance, Apple gained more than $100 billion.—
Felix Salmon,
Axios,
28 Jan. 2025
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Tap into a reading community Reading is a solitary activity, but being a reader doesn’t have to be.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA TODAY,
28 Jan. 2025
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Early on, the piece is spare and a bit forbidding, with relentless repetitions of solitary figures.—
Alex Ross,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
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Tennessee is not alone in trying to enact its own immigration powers following the changeover in Washington, D.C., with of his state assembly to discuss immigration policies, and GOP Texas Governor signing a series of orders enabling enforcement at the local level in the Lone Star State.—
Dan Gooding,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
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Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies have found a missing snowboarder who managed to survive two frigid nights alone in Southern California's mountain communities.—
Jonathan Limehouse,
USA TODAY,
30 Jan. 2025
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“Unaccompanied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unaccompanied. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.
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