solitary
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I don’t dispute that using the internet is a solitary activity.
From Salon β Aug. 23, 2026
Many wild bees, including bumblebees and solitary bees, provide pollen directly to their offspring.
From Science Daily β Aug. 19, 2026
In solitary confinement, prisoners cannot mix and meals are delivered via a small opening in the cell door.
From BBC β Aug. 17, 2026
Editing is traditionally a solitary art form, its practitioners working after shooting has wrapped to assemble the story from the captured footage.
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 10, 2026
I was weeping wildly as I walked along my solitary way: fast, fast I went like one delirious.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte BrontΓ«
Like everything these days, hermits exist on a wide spectrum and prefer a variety of identifiers: lovers of solitude, solitaries, contemplatives.
From New York Times β Nov. 28, 2020
As Chaplin realized, it swarmed with solitaries, all of them dreaming, like dragons, of a private hoard.
From The New Yorker β Sep. 14, 2018
But I found out about a newsletter run by a couple in the Carolinas aimed at solitaries and, after posting an ad there, began writing to a few.
From The Guardian β Oct. 6, 2017
He never pitied or condescended to his solitaries; instead, he loved and understood them.
From New York Times β Nov. 23, 2016
Nevertheless the solitaries were naturally fearful of giving offence to the followers of their Patron the Duke.
From A Mediaeval Mystic A Short Account of the Life and Writings of Blessed John Ruysbroeck, Canon Regular of Groenendael A.D. 1293-1381 by Vincent Scully
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