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
The Biden administration stood up a temporary shelter for unaccompanied migrant children at Fort Bliss, and also housed tens of thousands of Afghans at military bases in Wisconsin, New Jersey and elsewhere after the fall of Kabul.
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Tom Bowman, NPR, 24 Feb. 2025
Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters, FILE President Donald Trump's administration is directing immigration agents to track down unaccompanied migrant children in the U.S., a source familiar with the plans told ABC News.
—Luke Barr, ABC News, 23 Feb. 2025
Federal judges found that the COVID-era Title 42 order could not override U.S. asylum law or legal protections Congress created for unaccompanied children, whom the Trump administration expelled under the measure.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2025
Families may also need help creating alternate care plans in case a child’s parents are detained, said Avila, the social worker, who works with the Children’s Holistic Immigration Representation Project, a program serving unaccompanied minors in California.
—Anna North, Vox, 31 Jan. 2025
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Tom Bowman, NPR, 24 Feb. 2025
Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters, FILE President Donald Trump's administration is directing immigration agents to track down unaccompanied migrant children in the U.S., a source familiar with the plans told ABC News.
—Luke Barr, ABC News, 23 Feb. 2025
Federal judges found that the COVID-era Title 42 order could not override U.S. asylum law or legal protections Congress created for unaccompanied children, whom the Trump administration expelled under the measure.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2025
Families may also need help creating alternate care plans in case a child’s parents are detained, said Avila, the social worker, who works with the Children’s Holistic Immigration Representation Project, a program serving unaccompanied minors in California.
—Anna North, Vox, 31 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unaccompanied
Adjective
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Atlanta's lone run came in the seventh inning when Luke Williams hit a solo home run to left field.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
2 Mar. 2025
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Moore is the lone woman in a boys’ club of celebrated actors, including Paul Bettany, Jeremy Irons, Zachary Quinto, Stanley Tucci, and Kevin Spacey.—
Katie Rife,
EW.com,
2 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Another remembers her lonely childhood with a single mother and resolved it with a partner from a large family and three children.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
5 Mar. 2025
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This distinction is important: your parent might live alone without feeling isolated, or conversely, feel lonely despite being surrounded by people.—
Carolyn Rosenblatt,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Ryan posed on the carpet for solo photos and alongside designer Michael Kors, 65.—
Rachel Flynn,
People.com,
3 Mar. 2025
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In the late 1990s, Stone caught her second wind: A set of early demos reached an A&R executive at Arista Records, who signed her to record a solo debut album.—
Eric Torres,
Pitchfork,
3 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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However, the website was shut down the following day by Shopify, which hosts the brand’s e-commerce website, after the rapper reduced his online shop to a single T-shirt with a Nazi swastika displayed on the front.—
Carly Thomas,
The Hollywood Reporter,
5 Mar. 2025
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If this were to happen in reality, the very first thing is that every single government, every single big business would invent an alternative.—
Jake Kring-Schreifels,
TIME,
5 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The multi-month grind of long, solitary hours and deadlines is also incompatible with the deferred pay model that many crew members working on 20-30-day indie shoots accept.—
Chris O'Falt,
IndieWire,
4 Mar. 2025
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The path to ethical AI is not a solitary journey for individual companies but a shared effort involving stakeholders from all walks of life.—
Madhava Rao Kunchala,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Potgieter wasn't alone in his struggles on Thursday.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
7 Mar. 2025
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For many people, anxiety spikes at night when distractions from the day fade, leaving them alone with their thoughts.—
Caitlin Pagán,
Verywell Health,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Unaccompanied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unaccompanied. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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