as in single
operating or standing on its own
The device can be purchased either as a stand-alone unit or as part of a bundled system. The rental property is a stand-alone guesthouse.
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Recent Examples of stand-alone
Some are within existing continuing care environments, others are stand-alone.
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Sara Zeff Geber, Phd, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
It is meant to be a stand-alone movie, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter.
—Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Jan. 2025
This story first appeared in a January stand-alone issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.
—Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Jan. 2025
With a little help from runway shows, marquee collaborations with Supreme, Solomon and The North Face, among others, it’s grown into a stand-alone entity, maturing beyond its younger brand status but without relinquishing its youthful spin.
—Martino Carrera, WWD, 14 Jan. 2025
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Sara Zeff Geber, Phd, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
It is meant to be a stand-alone movie, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter.
—Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Jan. 2025
This story first appeared in a January stand-alone issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.
—Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Jan. 2025
With a little help from runway shows, marquee collaborations with Supreme, Solomon and The North Face, among others, it’s grown into a stand-alone entity, maturing beyond its younger brand status but without relinquishing its youthful spin.
—Martino Carrera, WWD, 14 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stand-alone
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For example, all three major airports in the Washington, D.C. area saw records for the most firearms detected in a single year.—
Suzanne Rowan Kelleher,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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Again, because all of these are estimates, a single score is less useful than tracking your score over time.—
Lauren Leffer,
Popular Science,
16 Jan. 2025
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The paper also noted that in a separate statement, Henley– the group’s only remaining original member — thanked Smith for his long tenure.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
24 Jan. 2025
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Prior to leaving office, Biden also advanced a separate tobacco regulation, one that would set maximum nicotine levels for combustible cigarettes and effectively ban all cigarettes currently available in the United States.—
Christian Datoc,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
24 Jan. 2025
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More specifically, frequency-shift keying encodes information by periodically shifting the frequency of a carrier between several discrete frequencies.—
Dan Goodin,
Ars Technica,
23 Jan. 2025
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Most SOCs evolved around the implementation of discrete solutions as novel threats have emerged.—
Jonathan Fischbein,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
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But the detached garage and a guest cottage were destroyed, as were all but three or four of the 20 or so houses on their block near the Altadena Golf Course.—
Steve Lopez,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Jan. 2025
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Steps lead down to a heated swimming pool, and elsewhere on the property are fruit-bearing citrus trees, raised garden boxes and an original detached bomb shelter.—
Angela Serratore,
New York Times,
30 Dec. 2024
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The billionaire declined to share details on his sources of financing, but said private equity firms and family offices have reached out to provide options.—
Krystal Hu,
USA TODAY,
25 Jan. 2025
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The race drivers are limited to 1,000km of private test running in old cars through the year, meaning Hamilton’s 89km run, followed by teammate Charles Leclerc’s 42km run in the afternoon, leaves plenty of room for more ahead of the new season.—
Luke Smith,
The Athletic,
25 Jan. 2025
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“Stand-alone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stand-alone. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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