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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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Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026 Cher’s filing urges the court to appoint a temporary conservator to take control of Allman’s trust, his sole source of income. —Meriam Bouarrouj, NBC news, 19 Apr. 2026
Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 6 Apr. 2026 The clog, defined by its wooden sole, has humble beginnings. —Andrea Zendejas, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sole
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Critics felt the team couldn’t survive one playoff round with the 41-year-old James as its sole offensive catalyst. —Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026 Cher’s filing urges the court to appoint a temporary conservator to take control of Allman’s trust, his sole source of income. —Meriam Bouarrouj, NBC news, 19 Apr. 2026
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The shape is softer, closer to a slipper, with a flexible sole and an elasticized back that slightly collapses at the heel. —Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 6 Apr. 2026 The clog, defined by its wooden sole, has humble beginnings. —Andrea Zendejas, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sole
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Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.— Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 11 Apr. 2026
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Even as the broader market cools, in the country’s most exclusive destinations, high prices aren’t the exception—they’re the expectation.— Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 11 Apr. 2026
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This weekend's Pirates-Rays game won't be the only hot ticket in town, however, as the Penguins are making their return to the Stanley Cup Playoffs on Saturday night for the first time since 2022.— Mike Darnay, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
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Commissioner Joshua Wostal, an outspoken opponent of the deal as currently structured, presented the possibility of funding the stadium with only tourist tax dollars.— Nicolas Villamil, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2026
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A little girl covered head to toe in an all-enveloping cloak furiously peddles a bicycle.— Jane Arraf, NPR, 11 Apr. 2026
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Elsewhere on the project, Bowlin, aided by producer David Ferguson (Tyler Childers, Sturgill Simpson), moves between honky-tonk-laden melodies and murder ballads, sometimes even dipping his toe into the sphere of alternative rock.— Chris Barilla, PEOPLE, 11 Apr. 2026
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Regardless of his personal feelings about the award, Mazzulla built a strong Coach of the Year case this season.— Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 20 Apr. 2026
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DriveSavers retains a personal shopper in Shenzhen to track down elusive models.— Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
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That kind of popularity and radiant goodness produces a lineage of artists but doesn’t have the crowd appeal of a lone genius who invents a flying machine or pulls a seventeen-foot sculpture out of a block of marble.— Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
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Fitzpatrick carded his lone bogey of the afternoon on the 72nd hole to fall back to 18-under and into a playoff against the American, who posted a bogey-free round of 67 on Sunday.— Mark Harris, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
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Cleaning pro Trish Duarte says this method works well for the underside of blades, blade edges, and the light figure part.— Emily Benda Gaylord, The Spruce, 16 Apr. 2026
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Look for larvae on the undersides of leaves.— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2026
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Jack grew up in an impoverished single-parent household and David is from a wealthy Texan family.— Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2026
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Simpson scored on Diaz’s eighth-inning single and the game’s game-winning run, proving costly for a Yankees squad now facing a series sweep on Sunday.— Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 12 Apr. 2026
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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.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/sole. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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