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  • noun Plural form of solitaire.

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Examples

  • Young and old, men and women, boys and girls, families, couples, solitaires, gangs of middle-aged brothers and sisters, posses of little kids, teenagers in love walking hand in hand, teenagers out of love walking with arms folded and solid walls of silence between them.

    Lance Mannion: 2008

  • David stepped into the store and saw the salesclerk putting away a collection of solitaires.

    The Best of Friends Susan Mallery 2010

  • A light cotton Armani shift, a TSE cashmere sweater loosely belted, ballet flats, and one-carat sapphire solitaires at her throat and ears.

    Priceless Nicole Richie 2010

  • David stepped into the store and saw the salesclerk putting away a collection of solitaires.

    The Best of Friends Susan Mallery 2010

  • David stepped into the store and saw the salesclerk putting away a collection of solitaires.

    The Best of Friends Susan Mallery 2010

  • But when it comes to the most popular kind of diamond -- the round, brilliant-cut stone that is a staple of engagement solitaires -- a key factor embedded in the cut rating is likely to have a big impact on value.

    Five myths about diamonds Tom Zoellner 2010

  • Young and old, men and women, boys and girls, families, couples, solitaires, gangs of middle-aged brothers and sisters, posses of little kids, teenagers in love walking hand in hand, teenagers out of love walking with arms folded and solid walls of silence between them.

    Goddesses running 2008

  • Thanks to a functional mix of housing, study and leisure and the arrangement of the buildings as solitaires in the landscape, the university compound from the 1950ies is one of the few real campuses in the Netherlands.

    New Student Housing at the University of Twente 2008

  • Ms. Stovall shook her head, making the diamond solitaires in her ears sparkle in the sunlight.

    Mama Dearest E. Lynn Harris 2009

  • Ms. Stovall shook her head, making the diamond solitaires in her ears sparkle in the sunlight.

    Mama Dearest E. Lynn Harris 2009

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