as in oneness
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Recent Examples of singleness
Her life honed to a singleness of purpose while my father stumbles about, narrating the current state of his illnesses.
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Jamie Quatro, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023
Is this supposed bible of singleness still applicable now?
—Lauren O’Neill, Vogue, 17 July 2023
Key turns to the 10 songs on Mitchell’s album Blue, using each song to think through how singleness has shaped her life socially, emotionally, and materially.
—Hannah Rosefield, The New Republic, 8 June 2023
The report, published Wednesday by a church Commission on Families and Households, urges people to honor singleness and single-person households — and to be open to reimagining a society that allows everyone to thrive, including the unpartnered.
—Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2023
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Jamie Quatro, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023
Is this supposed bible of singleness still applicable now?
—Lauren O’Neill, Vogue, 17 July 2023
Key turns to the 10 songs on Mitchell’s album Blue, using each song to think through how singleness has shaped her life socially, emotionally, and materially.
—Hannah Rosefield, The New Republic, 8 June 2023
The report, published Wednesday by a church Commission on Families and Households, urges people to honor singleness and single-person households — and to be open to reimagining a society that allows everyone to thrive, including the unpartnered.
—Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for singleness
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Their latest collaboration, exquisitely shot by Adolpho Veloso, revels in a oneness with nature that, for all its visual and emotional rapture, has deep sadness at its core.—
Justin Chang,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
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Our social evolution toward oneness and unity is partly an evolution toward recognizing and practicing this essential unity.—
Ray Hassen,
Austin American-Statesman,
16 May 2024
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But as the surface evolves, singularities can form: points where our mathematical descriptions break down.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
31 Mar. 2025
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The most critical example is accelerating the speed at which AI will process data and reach singularity.—
Chaim Mazal,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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Just one of the endless peculiarities that made up my dad.—
Chris Wallace,
Vogue,
4 Feb. 2025
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Advertisement In her loneliness and, paradoxically, in her peculiarity, Mickey embodies a recognizable archetype: the righteous female cop protagonist of a prestige crime drama.—
Judy Berman,
TIME,
12 Mar. 2025
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Japan has some idiosyncrasies about its business culture that make faxing essential, such as the use of a personal seal or hanko, which is used in place of a personal signature, as well as the high value assigned to documents.—
Tamsin Gable,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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The idiosyncrasies of English—its grammar, its concepts, its connection to Western culture—can jointly produce an arbitrary construction of reality.—
Manvir Singh,
The New Yorker,
23 Dec. 2024
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These articles and practices align with Self’s idea of collage as representative of selfhood and that humans exist in multiple dimensions.—
Essence,
Essence,
25 Mar. 2025
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Whether explicit or implicit, each vignette is a lesson learned, and those experiences accumulate into new iterations of selfhood as the story progresses.—
Willing Davidson,
The New Yorker,
23 Mar. 2025
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Today, the spirit of individuality heralded in whiskey advertisements is not reflected in its production.—
Made by History,
Time,
8 Apr. 2025
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Curvaceous furnishings upholstered in tactile fabrics and distinctive wall treatments bring comfort and individuality to spaces, and Lund adds elements of whimsy, such as an ombre stair runner or playful lamps.—
Dan Howarth,
Architectural Digest,
17 Mar. 2025
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The wolf has a big representation for Shakira’s identity.—
Isabela Raygoza,
Billboard,
10 Apr. 2025
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Enter your full name, email address, phone number and date of birth to verify your identity.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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For leaders, this new wave of individualism presents both challenges and opportunities.—
Glenn Llopis,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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To be sure, disjointed, weak, or ambivalent cultures may be as problematic as a cult, resulting in a pathological sense of chaos, unpredictability, and anarchic individualism where cooperation and team work become an impossibility.—
Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
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“Singleness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/singleness. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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