as in individually
not together with someone or something else
The software is sold separately from the hardware. Store the raw meat separately so it doesn't contaminate the other food. The professor met with each student separately.
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Facials, massages and energy healing: Booked separately with the spa's team of estheticians and massage therapists.
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Mckenzie Rankin, Axios, 20 Nov. 2024
The festival will also see the return of Blackpink members Jennie and Lisa performing separately at the fest after the girl group headlined two years ago.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024
Meanwhile, an anonymous source told People magazine that Johnson and Simpson have been living separately.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 19 Nov. 2024
That was followed by Netflix reaching pacts with France’s broadcasting authorities that would see the U.S.-based streamer invest 20 percent of its annual revenue in France, in both TV series and movies, and separately with French cinema guilds to invest in French and European films.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
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Mckenzie Rankin, Axios, 20 Nov. 2024
The festival will also see the return of Blackpink members Jennie and Lisa performing separately at the fest after the girl group headlined two years ago.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024
Meanwhile, an anonymous source told People magazine that Johnson and Simpson have been living separately.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 19 Nov. 2024
That was followed by Netflix reaching pacts with France’s broadcasting authorities that would see the U.S.-based streamer invest 20 percent of its annual revenue in France, in both TV series and movies, and separately with French cinema guilds to invest in French and European films.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Separately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/separately. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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