singleton

noun

sin·gle·ton ˈsiŋ-gəl-tən

: a card that is the only one of its suit originally dealt to a player

: an individual member or thing distinct from others grouped with it

: an offspring born singly

singletons are more common than twins

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As 2024 draws to a close, dating app Tinder has released its Year in Swipe™ 2024 report, analyzing global data from bios, surveys and user behaviors of singletons. —

Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024 And now, after 13 years of staring at the heads of twin and singleton babies, her team’s paper on the association between global hemisphere and hair whorl formation has won the 2024 IgNobel prize in anatomy. —

Bethany Brookshire, Scientific American, 31 Oct. 2024 Against four hearts, Nail led her singleton diamond, and Tooth took the ace and returned the deuce. —

Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 2 Oct. 2024 Since West’s ace of hearts was almost surely a singleton, Cy must not let East get in before trumps are drawn. —

Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for singleton