- a variation of standalone.
stand-alone
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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The sprawling property has everything from standard rooms to stand-alone lake houses, plus indoor and outdoor pools, lawn games, basketball and pickleball courts.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
"Badger vaccination should not be presented as a stand-alone route to eradicating bovine tuberculosis," said McKeown.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
“Additionally, Kentucky and Texas strengthened their existing policies transitioning from embedded personal finance content within other courses to dedicated stand-alone courses.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
A bill, known as AB 2319 and aimed at supporting the industry’s editors, sound mixers, composers and visual effects artists, passed the Senate on Sunday, marking the state’s first-ever stand-alone postproduction tax incentive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
During our World History lesson that morning, Mr. Avenovich loaded up a stand-alone simulation so that our class could witness the discovery of King Tut’s tomb by archaeologists in Egypt in AD 1922.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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