1
as in unmarried
not married
there was such a shortage of single men in the neighborhood that he had his pick of girlfriends
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2
as in sole
belonging only to the one person, unit, or group named
any view expressed on the newspaper's editorial pages is the single opinion of the writer of the column
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3
as in separate
not physically attached to another unit
the average price of single homes in the area
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as in lone
not being in the company of others
a restaurant where the single diner is made to feel welcome and given the same level of service as couples or groups
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as in individual
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2
as in unit
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3
as in maiden
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Recent Examples of single
Bestreviews, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2025
The United States does not even have enough industrywide capacity to make a single Ford-class aircraft carrier per year.
—Michael Brown, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2025
But the most viral clips from the show often trend for making either the suitor — or the singles — absolute fools online.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2025
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Adjective
But rigorous, professional-level practice and games can exhaust an average soccer cleat by the end of a single season or sooner.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2025
The United States does not even have enough industrywide capacity to make a single Ford-class aircraft carrier per year.
—Michael Brown, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
Noun
With the Rays still hitless, their official scorer, Bill Mathews, changed Goldschmidt’s error to a hit for Simpson.
Boone and Fried didn’t know it at the time, and the latter quickly gave up a leadoff single to Jake Mangum.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2025
But the most viral clips from the show often trend for making either the suitor — or the singles — absolute fools online.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for single
Adjective
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What To Know James, who was born in Brooklyn and is unmarried, filed the civil fraud lawsuit against Trump and the Trump Organization in October 2023.—
Arick Wierson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Apr. 2025
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Half the adults in the U.S. are unmarried, and half of them aren’t seeking a relationship.—
Peter McGraw,
The Conversation,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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As the rounds of secret voting go on, the public's sole way of keeping up with the process is via smoke coming out of the Sistine Chapel's chimney.—
Savannah Kuchar,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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Robyn now remains Kody's sole wife after Christine, Janelle and Meri left him within a span of 14 months.—
Dory Jackson,
People.com,
21 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Instead, the judge gave weight to testimony from his family that a separate gang called Barrio 18 in El Salvador had threatened Abrego Garcia with death because his family would not pay the gang protection money.—
Brian Bennett,
Time,
18 Apr. 2025
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The gym murder case in the episode is very much separate from everything else going on with Olympia and Matty’s story.—
Jim Halterman,
Variety,
18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Eichel’s lone hat trick of the season came on March 25 at Xcel Energy Center in a 5-1 win over the Wild.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
19 Apr. 2025
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Coogler wrote Remmick as an empathetic and charismatic villain — so much so that IndieWire critic David Ehrlich’s lone knock on the film is that, by design, the darkness of the vampires is more about the fun of being alive than the usual horror movie terror.—
Chris O'Falt,
IndieWire,
19 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Jack McCumber was a real estate and business appraiser with an information systems background before getting hired by the IRS for its Large Business and International unit, which audits high-net-worth individuals and companies with more than $10 million in assets.—
Robert Frank,
CNBC,
17 Apr. 2025
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Like other requests made to the Supreme Court, Harris took aim at the breadth of the injunctions issued by the district courts, which are nationwide in scope and cover states and individuals who are not involved in the litigation before them.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2025
Noun
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To illustrate this point, Robert Manning, professor emeritus of Environment and Natural Resources at the University of Vermont, broke it down by numbers: The National Park Service manages 433 units, spanning more than 85 million acres.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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First discovered: 3 hours ago, 3:23 p.m. April 18 Initial location: On Avenue 6 near North Madera Avenue, Madera County, Calif. Fire unit: Cal Fire Madera-Mariposa-Merced Unit Fire type: Wildfire Fire name: Mad Fire A new wildfire was reported today at 3:23 p.m. in Madera County.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
19 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Its maiden and hero product, Rested, hones in on sleep as the fundamental step to optimizing cognitive and immune function.—
Bianca Salonga,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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Their violence — in medieval bestiaries, unicorns are regularly said to have beef with elephants and take them down by goring their bellies — is contrasted with their gentleness towards maidens and innate understanding of purity.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Combs, a Met Gala mainstay, regularly attended the exclusive annual gala, benefitting the museum's Costume Institute.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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In fact, the company is in early talks with Penske Group to become the exclusive distributor.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Single.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/single. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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