lone

Example Sentences

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While teams excel in most innovation, lone inventors can have an advantage in utility patents for inventions difficult to separate into components.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Recent years have given lone inventors a new tool that could at least partly level the playing field: artificial intelligence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Sauer kept returning to his claim that the lone purpose of the 14th Amendment’s citizenship clause was to overturn Dred Scott and grant citizenship to newly freed slaves and their children.

From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026

Mira Costa’s lone setback came Feb. 21 against Corona del Mar in the Redondo Classic final — a loss the Mustangs avenged four days later.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026

A lone snowflake dances past the window, wafting on an air current.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman