separately
adverb
Examples of separately in a Sentence
Rebecca Boyle, TIME, 8 Apr. 2024
America owned the semiconductor industry after Texas Instruments and Fairchild Semiconductor separately invented the chip in the late 1950s, but the technology’s worldwide spread was inevitable.
—Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2024
Gerber, 22, and singer Gracie Abrams were both all smiles as they were snapped separately making their way to the afterparty.
—Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 7 Apr. 2024
His announcement means that the president, vice president and their spouses all will have separately visited Arizona since the beginning of March – a sign of Arizona’s paramount importance in President Joe Biden’s re-election effort this year.
—Laura Gersony, The Arizona Republic, 5 Apr. 2024
Some people said they were robbed multiple times, by men speaking an Indigenous language and, separately, by men speaking Spanish with a Colombian accent.
—Julie Turkewitz Federico Rios, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
That claim directly conflicted with TikTok executives’ assertions that the two companies operated separately.
—Louise Matsakis, WIRED, 4 Apr. 2024
At the time, Deadline announced that they would be released on March 18, 2016 and March 24, 2017, respectively, noting that both films would be produced separately.
—Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 21 Mar. 2024
The keyboard, sold separately, attaches to the proprietary bottom-facing connector while charging is accomplished through the Surface Connect port.
—Matthew Buzzi, PCMAG, 21 Mar. 2024
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Word History
circa 1552, in the meaning defined above
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“Separately.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/separately. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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