as in solitary
a person who lives away from others St. Jerome is said to have spent two years as a hermit in the desert, searching for inner peace

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Recent Examples of hermit This is due to the fact that a hermit once lived here. Jessica Jungbauer, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2024 After the hermit’s death, the farmhouse then served various community purposes, from a teacher’s cottage to a meeting hall, but had been neglected until recently, when the Queen Mother helped the community acquire ownership and renovate it. Jessica Jungbauer, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2024 Harrelson has a small but impressively loony role as a crazed hermit who claims to anyone who will listen that the end of days is here. Tim Grierson, Vulture, 14 July 2024 His exhortations are driven by a cynical bluster, a loss of faith in mankind; that seems to be the real reason that he’s abandoned Germany to live as a tropical hermit. Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 9 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for hermit
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Noun
  • However, Local Law 42, the law limiting solitary, requires 14 hours per day of out-of-cell time.
    Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Sweat was then confined to 23-hour-a-day solitary at Five Points Correctional Center, though he was subsequently transferred to Attica Correctional after trying to bribe Five Points officials.
    Kenny Herzog, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2024
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  • He is characterized in the media as a recluse, who likes to bike, and doesn’t smoke, drink, watch TV or listen to the radio.
    Lex Harvey, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Related article Reported Swedish shooter lived as recluse in quiet apartment block AR-15 rifles have been permitted for hunting since 2023 and Strommer said around 3,500 have been licensed since then.
    Reuters, CNN, 7 Feb. 2025
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  • The study surveyed gonorrhea bacterial isolates—Neisseria gonorrhoeae—from around the country and found that the prevalence of ceftriaxone-resistant isolates nearly tripled between 2017 and 2021.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Thus, continued surveillance and genetic analysis of viral isolates remains essential.
    Dave Wessner, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024

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“Hermit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hermit. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.

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