stand-alone

adjective

1. computing (of a device or system) capable of operating independently of any other device or system

Example Sentences

The news was good, but also disheartening: Toyota Motor was planning to build its first stand-alone factory in the U.S., but her state wasn’t in consideration.

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Discovery would abandon its efforts to create a stand-alone streaming and studios entity called Warner Bros., and a second publicly traded firm, Discovery Global, comprised of CNN, HGTV, TLC and other basic cable channels.

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Complicating the outlook, however, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Wednesday that it won’t publish a stand-alone October jobs report, opting instead to integrate parts of October’s jobs data into releases in December.

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Neither was destined to succeed as a stand-alone company.

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Launched in 2022, it focuses on investing in decarbonizing heavy industry and developing sources of clean energy—areas where the firm had previously invested but didn’t have a stand-alone strategy.

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