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as in exclusive
belonging only to the one person, unit, or group named
the landowner has sole rights to the property, so he can do whatever he wants to with it
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as in only
being the one or ones of a class with no other members
the eldest son became the family's sole support
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as in toe
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Recent Examples of sole
Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 20 Nov. 2024
Thirty percent of Golden Goose’s capital was to be floated by the current sole shareholder of the company, Astrum SapA of Astrum 4 Srl & C.
—Luisa Zargani, WWD, 20 Nov. 2024
Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024
These five-star boots boast a durable lug sole that provides traction on slick surfaces, while the shearling lining acts as a cozy barrier against chilly flight cabins and dropping temperatures.
—Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 30 Oct. 2024
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At issue is the fact that James, Elisabeth, Prudence and Lachlan Murdoch, who is the sole chair of News Corp. as well as CEO of Fox, would split control of the business equally under the terms of an irrevocable trust.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 20 Nov. 2024
Thirty percent of Golden Goose’s capital was to be floated by the current sole shareholder of the company, Astrum SapA of Astrum 4 Srl & C.
—Luisa Zargani, WWD, 20 Nov. 2024
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His Catherine is at home right now whipping up sole meunière.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024
These five-star boots boast a durable lug sole that provides traction on slick surfaces, while the shearling lining acts as a cozy barrier against chilly flight cabins and dropping temperatures.
—Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 30 Oct. 2024
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In an exclusive interview, one of the prosecutors cast doubt on a new piece of potential evidence the brothers have presented in court to challenge their convictions.Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 9 Nov. 2024
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There’s also the possibility of the opposite, for leagues to sell media packages specifically aimed at exclusive access to fast highlights.Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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Really, the only limitation here is creativity (and perhaps what the recipient’s personality allows).Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 28 Nov. 2024
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Congressional Republicans, however, are far from the only figures who have bashed the country’s coins.Greg McKenna, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2024
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Learn more › At the ends of your toes are an evolutionary artifact of humans’ primate history, hiding in plain sight.Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 21 Nov. 2024
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Sistine Stretch Good Body Oil This Healthy Beauty Award–winning body oil might be the product that gets them to start moisturizing from head to toe.Jessica Kasparian, SELF, 21 Nov. 2024
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One of my personal joys of visiting a mountain town is asking locals to tell me the latest and greatest tale of bear crime.Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 18 Nov. 2024
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While an overall heaviness weighs 1883 down, there’s a level of personal feeling here that compensates, as Sheridan concocts an American origin story filled with the intentional messiness and ambiguity that has always been his hallmark.Noel Murray, Vulture, 18 Nov. 2024
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Several warring factions exist within the Zone, as well as lone bandits and stalkers.Issy van der Velde, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024
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Since the program started in 2017, birdlife diversity has increased from just seven species to more than 60, and camera traps have caught golden monkeys, serval cats, and even a lone silverback passing through the reforested land.Chris Schalkx, Robb Report, 19 Nov. 2024
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Laser pulses generate a topographic map in a manner similar to how a bat uses echolocation: Laser light is fired from an aircraft, bounces off objects on the ground, and returns to the detector located on the underside of the aircraft.Anna Lagos, WIRED, 30 Oct. 2024
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Plates installed on the ground at locations like bus stops or depots connect wirelessly to charge matching plates installed on the underside of electric buses.Chris Stokel-Walker, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
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Investigators found evidence that multiple staff members will spray a single child, causing the child to become physically sick and immobilized.Bianca Moreno-Paz, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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MIRVs were developed during the Cold War to permit the delivery of multiple nuclear warheads with a single launch.Catherine Nicholls, CNN, 22 Nov. 2024
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Drinkwater didn't make one appearance in a Chelsea shirt last season, whilst Bakayoko spent the season in Italy on loan at AC Milan.SI.com, SI.com, 3 Aug. 2019
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Decisions made by engineers today, in other words, will determine not how one car drives but how all cars drive.Johannes Himmelreich, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Mar. 2018
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“Sole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sole. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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