single (out)

verb

Definition of single (out)next
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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Relevance

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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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for single (out)
  1. select
  2. identify
  3. choose
  4. distinguish
  5. pick
  6. pinpoint
Verb
  • Elle Fanning Elle Fanning selects another timeless look, this one by Givenchy.
    — Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025
  • The Sox selected him in the seventh round in the 2023 draft.
    — LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025
Definition of select
Verb
  • Doing this in the large helps to identify what works and doesn’t work in the long run.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
  • Against this background, CNBC Pro used its stock screener tool to identify the most oversold and overbought stocks on Wall Street as measured by their 14-day relative strength index, or RSI.
    — Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 1 Mar. 2025
Definition of identify
Verb
  • Did my experience prove to be as simple as power on, connect, tap the app, choose a target and wait?
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 28 Feb. 2025
  • For all the doubt that antivaccine advocates, including RFK, Jr., have sowed around childhood immunizations, for all the political proclamations of conscientious objection and the freedom to choose, this child did not have a choice.
    — Megha Satyanarayana, Scientific American, 28 Feb. 2025
Definition of choose
Verb
  • The war in Gaza has resulted in more than 48,000 Palestinian deaths, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, which does not distinguish between civilians and combatants.
    — Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
  • The Tesla and SpaceX CEO, distinguished as the richest person in the world, has been especially controversial since Trump's inauguration.
    — Rachel Raposas, People.com, 26 Feb. 2025
Definition of distinguish
Verb
  • The same goes for other retailers, such as Macy’s , that continue to close stores , which leads to both merchandise for TJX buyers to pick at and real estate opportunities to add new stores or relocate to better locations.
    — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Cardinal Re picked to lead prayer vigil on Wednesday The dean of the College of Cardinals, meanwhile, was designated to lead the Vatican’s prayer vigil in St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday night, thrusting a key figure in any future possible conclave into the spotlight.
    — Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2025
Definition of pick
Verb
  • The work involves pinpointing the genes responsible for the traits that separate the mammoth from the Asian elephant—its close evolutionary relation—editing an elephant stem cell to express those traits, and introducing the stem cell into an elephant embryo.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Alameda County pinpointed roads in its unincorporated areas that need to be prioritized for improvements to aid evacuation route planning.
    — Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2025
Definition of pinpoint
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“Single (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/single%20%28out%29. Accessed 7 Mar. 2025.

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