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
The county’s architectural and theatrical consultants concluded that the playhouse’s front building — which at various points housed the playhouse lobby, restaurants, offices and, on the third floor, apartments for visiting artists — should be renovated as a stand-alone structure.
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Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2025
What’s even better: Residential solar power mimics a stand-alone power plant, one that need never be built.
—Andrew Carpenter, Denver Post, 15 Apr. 2025
Marcie Rendon, enrolled member of the White Earth Nation, playwright, author of stand-alone novels and the Cash Blackbear crime series, gives the keynote address at this 15th annual festival, in conversation with Normandale English instructor and author Lynette Reini-Grandell.
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 13 Apr. 2025
How will the need to adapt affect communities with single-family, stand-alone homes?
—James Barron, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
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Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2025
What’s even better: Residential solar power mimics a stand-alone power plant, one that need never be built.
—Andrew Carpenter, Denver Post, 15 Apr. 2025
Marcie Rendon, enrolled member of the White Earth Nation, playwright, author of stand-alone novels and the Cash Blackbear crime series, gives the keynote address at this 15th annual festival, in conversation with Normandale English instructor and author Lynette Reini-Grandell.
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 13 Apr. 2025
How will the need to adapt affect communities with single-family, stand-alone homes?
—James Barron, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stand-alone
Adjective
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Each plane has four single suites and four side-by-side suites, two of each at the front of each business class cabin.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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But rigorous, professional-level practice and games can exhaust an average soccer cleat by the end of a single season or sooner.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
22 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The Social Security Fairness Act triggered a separate wave of claims from public workers in 2025.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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But the actual preparation and administration of the deadly chemicals is done in a separate part of the facility, and that process has always been hidden from view.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Rather than discrete events with a beginning, a middle, and an end, wars might be better understood as the result of poor and dysfunctional political relations that are difficult to manage by nonviolent means.—
Lawrence D. Freedman,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Apr. 2025
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None of these notebooks' integrated graphics comes within miles of a gaming laptop's discrete GPU.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
13 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Out back, there’s a sleek new pool and detached garage, primed for conversion.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
18 Apr. 2025
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The report further indicates that there was one dead rodent in the attached garage, and across the three detached garages, investigators encountered one live rodent, one dead rodent, one nest, and one building with gnaw marks.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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And when the owner of the second-largest private company in the United States speaks, there’s an oracle-like aura that demands parsing.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
2 May 2025
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The court’s decision is expected to turn on whether charter schools, which are publicly funded but have private operators, are public schools under the law.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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“Stand-alone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stand-alone. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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