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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
Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
The task of deploying the full might of Germany’s militant democracy falls to the Constitutional Court, the sole authority that can ban a political party.
—Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 12 May 2025
Mark Gurarie, Health, 5 Apr. 2025
Plus, the sole has some thickness to it for a boost that won’t cause feet to ache like heels would.
—Alyssa Grabinski, People.com, 1 May 2025
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Choquette runs a home daycare, and suddenly found herself as the family's sole provider and caregiver.
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Flat feet often cause no symptoms but can cause pain in the sole.
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Even in safer or better-known destinations, certain experiences are only available through the cruise line due to exclusive access or limited capacity.—
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The only choice Hamas has is death or surrender, even if this comes at the cost of the remaining hostages and an even bigger humanitarian catastrophe to more than 2 million Palestinians in the enclave.—
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The Moorehead family isn’t the only one left to navigate an unexplainable tragedy.—
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He was brought up for the minors on April 19, 2017 when Logan Forsythe suffered a broken toe when hit by a pitch.—
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The style features a rounded toe and buckle details at the top.—
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By considering factors such as body shapes, personal preferences, specific occasions, lifestyle needs, and even subtle style nuances, Gensmo generates actionable, individualized style recommendations tailored precisely to each user.—
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Cultured Code promises not to share personal user data, aside from with Cultured Code’s subcontractors, like Amazon and Google.—
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In his lone college season at Duke, Flagg solidified himself as the best prospect in the country, averaging 19.2 points, 7.5 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 1.4 steals and 1.4 blocks.—
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The lone survivor was identified as Anton Tselykh, 38, of Seattle, according to the sheriff's office.—
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Collar stays are small, narrow inserts that tuck into the small pockets on the underside of button-up shirt collars.—
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On the underside of the laptop, the dual batteries are designed for hot-swapping, while the M.2-format storage drive can also be swapped without tools.—
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Eurostar already allows passengers to book a single ticket from London to several Swiss cities, including Geneva, Zurich, and Lausanne.—
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The Dragons loaded the bases with two outs for Dean who lined a single to right to drive home two to give Carroll a 3-0 lead.—
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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.—
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Decisions made by engineers today, in other words, will determine not how one car drives but how all cars drive.—
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“Sole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sole. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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