singleness

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Recent Examples of singleness 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 This symbolizes my walking into singleness. Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2023 Lucy Anguiano, 54, a marketing and promotions manager for a media company and a lifelong workaholic who partly attributes her singleness to her love of her job, had formerly observed a strict labor demarcation between her Manhattan Beach, Calif., apartment and her L.A. office. Belinda Luscombe, Time, 17 Apr. 2021 See all Example Sentences for singleness 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for singleness
Noun
  • The illusion of separation, the truth of universal oneness.
    Oshan Jarow, Vox, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Aaron has worked the majority of his life to understand the oneness of humanity.
    Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Note that some believe AGI will happen spontaneously and no one will necessarily be fully aware of the lead-up to AGI, the same goes for ASI (see my explanation of the intelligence explosion or said-to-be singularity, at the link here).
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Into this wound, imagination may pour—not to invade the other’s subjectivity, but to awaken awe at the depth, privacy, and singularity of each life.
    Seyward Darby, Longreads, 11 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Like Disco Elysium, there is a peculiarity to Phoenix Springs whose world is inspired by our own, features many of the same objects and similar kinds of locations, yet diverges in enough unsettling ways to feel deeply confounding.
    Lewis Gordon, The Verge, 7 Oct. 2024
  • These themes will seem familiar to fans of shows like Schitt’s Creek: acceptance, self-love, the peculiarities of a small town, feeling seen, finding community.
    Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Reading Sand-Catcher in late 2024, as the terrible violence in Gaza and Lebanon continues, is a poignant reminder that each picture, each death recorded, represents an individual, a whole world of dreams, ideas, and idiosyncrasies.
    Bekah Waalkes, The Atlantic, 5 Dec. 2024
  • She's surrounded by superiors ranging from idiotic to delusional, like Joyce (who's on the far end of the delusional side) and doctors Ron (Grier) and Bruce (Josh Lawson), each with their own idiosyncrasies that drive everyone crazy.
    Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 12 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Mark’s dilemma frames a superlative new season that probes the nature of selfhood, death, and most of all love.
    Judy Berman, TIME, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Russell creates work spans art, gender, race, and technology, with a focus on the intersections of cyberculture and digital selfhood.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 6 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Expressive costumes are replaced by worn prison uniforms designed to strip these men of their individuality.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Foreman suggested that theater could take place without performers, but his theatrical canvases deployed actors of unforgettable individuality.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The pretext for the prosecution was that Dr. Haim violated the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), which is designed to safeguard from public disclosure the identities and confidential medical information of patients.
    The Editors, National Review, 16 Jan. 2025
  • The man’s identity and details of his injuries were not released.
    Mark Price, Miami Herald, 16 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • While individualism is still celebrated, Pinterest users are warming up to the idea of coordinating outfits with friends and partners to make a statement.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Even among those with the means, health individualism is burdensome and does not guarantee better health.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024

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“Singleness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/singleness. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.

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