Alone
Alone adjective - Being the one or ones of a class with no other members.
Usage example: he is alone among the actors of his generation in his exceptional ability to play both comedic and serious parts
Special
Special adjective - Being the one or ones of a class with no other members.
Usage example: the President claimed that international terrorism was a special threat that required a special way of dealing with it
Alone and special are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Alone" instead the word "Special" as an adjective or an adverb.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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The Christmas special The Doctor, the Widow, and the Wardrobe opens with an alien warship hovering over the Earth saying "People of Earth, you stand alone." Then it explodes.
Source: You Are Not Alone - In the first episode alone, a bombing kills over a thousand people, including Claire Bennet herself, and people with special abilities are persecuted, even murdered by anti-special extremists.
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Instead, they created a special category for that dream alone and Graphite was well-rewarded.
Source: Assumed Win
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