1
as in to select
to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities
she quickly singled out the most qualified candidate from the pool of the applicants
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2
as in to identify
to find out or establish the identity of
through careful reasoning and the process of elimination, neighbors singled her out as the writer of the anonymous letter
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Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for single (out)
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All products featured on Vogue are independently selected by our editors.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
30 Aug. 2025 -
Five of the members are appointed by the Mayor, with the remaining four selected by the City-County Council for one-year terms.—
Alysa Guffey,
IndyStar,
30 Aug. 2025
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Investigators identified Bingham as a lookout during the gun store burglary and the getaway driver, and he was found during his arrest with an item that linked his involvement in the burglary, according to the Sheriff’s Office.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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The shooter, identified as 23-year-old Robin Westman, was armed with a rifle, shotgun and pistol when the assault began at the Church of Annunciation at about 8:30 a.m.—
John Bacon,
USA Today,
29 Aug. 2025
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This is one of the most exciting features of purchasing glasses online, particularly because there are significantly more frames to choose from than in physical stores.—
Jason Phillips,
Freep.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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Each plan includes different download and upload speeds, allowing customers to choose based on their household needs and internet use.—
Roxanne Downer,
USA Today,
28 Aug. 2025
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The team took apart the malaria problem and tried something new: detect the wingbeat frequency—to distinguish it from other insects—of a female Anopheles in flight and shoot it down.—
Robert C. Wolcott,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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The fraudsters are poisoning the well for profit and if they're not stopped soon, then the days of being able to trust the body of scientific literature, and of having the ability to distinguish between scientific fact and scientific fake, may be coming to an end.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
11 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The problem of always being on and willing to do better In his second year of medical school, Ehrenfeld recalled being at an operating table with particularly sharp corners and stooping down to pick something up.—
Natalie Eilbert,
jsonline.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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That’s what makes this seemingly typical annual event — picking new movies to look forward to — so fun and so imprecise.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
25 Aug. 2025
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Major League Baseball still has not announced details for next season’s Field of Dreams Game, but the league’s 2026 schedule release at least helped pinpoint a time frame.—
Betsy Helfand,
Twin Cities,
26 Aug. 2025
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The Outriggers combine pinpointing capabilities with a large field of view, said Wen-fai Fong, coauthor on the CHIME study and associate professor of physics and astronomy at Northwestern University’s Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Single (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/single%20%28out%29. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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