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
True Link charges a $12-a-month fee for an individual stand-alone True Link Visa Prepaid Card, with the card bringing in about two-thirds of its revenue.
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Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
The brand also has a stand-alone store on Ledbury Road in Notting Hill, London, and sells direct-to-consumer and through select retailers.
—Samantha Conti, WWD, 22 Feb. 2025
The second, beginning Tuesday, will be at La Jolla Playhouse in a stand-alone WOW (Without Walls) presentation.
—David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025
While a high-capacity public transit system remains the most efficient way to move large groups of people, emerging mobility options—such as micromobility and shared services—can often be integrated into existing networks rather than requiring stand-alone investments.
—Miroslav Katsarov, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
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Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
The brand also has a stand-alone store on Ledbury Road in Notting Hill, London, and sells direct-to-consumer and through select retailers.
—Samantha Conti, WWD, 22 Feb. 2025
The second, beginning Tuesday, will be at La Jolla Playhouse in a stand-alone WOW (Without Walls) presentation.
—David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025
While a high-capacity public transit system remains the most efficient way to move large groups of people, emerging mobility options—such as micromobility and shared services—can often be integrated into existing networks rather than requiring stand-alone investments.
—Miroslav Katsarov, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stand-alone
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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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While the county isn’t seeing immediate growth, Endicott said that there’s 1,752 residential building permits for single family, duplex, triplex and four-plex developments.—
Taylor O’Connor,
Kansas City Star,
5 Mar. 2025
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Meanwhile, a separate pending lawsuit challenges the constitutionality of another part of the law that requires age verification to try to prevent minors from having access to online pornographic sites.—
Dara Kam,
Orlando Sentinel,
1 Mar. 2025
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In separate campaigns, the National Action Network, a civil rights organization, plans to release a report in April on some companies that have retreated from diversity programs.—
Deborah Barfield Berry,
USA TODAY,
1 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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While image diffusion models add continuous noise to pixel values, text diffusion models can't apply continuous noise to discrete tokens (chunks of text data).—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
27 Feb. 2025
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As the Sinner case has made clear, no two doping cases are the same and comparing judgements made on discrete sets of facts and evidence is a limited exercise.—
Matthew Futterman,
The Athletic,
24 Feb. 2025
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One adult who lives in the detached garage and six adults and three cats who live in an adjacent home were displaced by the fire, according to the post.—
Graeme Taskerud,
The Denver Post,
28 Feb. 2025
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These parents fulfill their child’s basic needs—food, shelter and clothing—but remain emotionally detached and disengaged.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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This private survey reading on Monday followed the official manufacturing PMI released on Saturday, which also showed that China’s February factory activity expanded at its fastest pace since November.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
3 Mar. 2025
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There was going to be a private lunch with 16 of us.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
2 Mar. 2025
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“Stand-alone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stand-alone. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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