singling (out) 1 of 2

noun

Definition of singling (out)next
as in picking

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singling (out)

2 of 2

verb

present participle of single (out)
1
as in selecting
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 identifying
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 singling (out)
  1. identifying
  2. election
  3. choosing
  4. destination
  5. picking
  6. selection
  7. nomination
  8. choice
Verb
  • In addition to identifying the main elements of a settlement, the United States needs a plan for getting there.
    Samuel Charap, Foreign Affairs, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The challenge lay in building a powerful platform that allowed businesses to build custom solutions without coding and identifying their ideal customer's specific needs and pain points.
    Geri Stengel, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of identifying
Noun
  • The suit -- which names the newspaper's parent company, Gannett; its former pollster J. Ann Selzer; and her polling firm -- centers on a Selzer poll released three days before the presidential election that showed Trump trailing Vice President Kamala Harris.
    Elahe Izadi, arkansasonline.com, 18 Dec. 2024
  • The Wisconsin partisan primary election was held on Tuesday.
    Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of election
Verb
  • Many women are choosing to start a business later in life because the timing is right for them.
    Melissa Houston, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The pair are sticking with a direct-to-consumer approach and will not be wholesaling, choosing instead to home in on providing superior customer experiences in their retail destinations in London, New York and Los Angeles.
    Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of choosing
Noun
  • This was long before Borough Market and Renzo Piano’s Shard would make London Bridge the bustling destination that visitors flock to today.
    Valentina Raggi, Architectural Digest, 21 Dec. 2024
  • As a result, travelers are becoming more conscious of their impact—and with this comes a more mindful approach when choosing destinations for a holiday.
    Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of destination
Verb
  • In August 2018, the Washington Post reported that about a third of crab-picking jobs were vacant across the Eastern Shore.
    Mennatalla Ibrahim, Baltimore Sun, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The stylist from Anthropologie is picking.
    Jordan Greene, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of picking
Noun
  • The arrival of Nikola Milenkovic in the summer has strengthened the defensive line, and consistent selection in the back four has helped.
    Ahmed Walid, The Athletic, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Half of voters are pleased with Trump’s selections, and more approve of his agenda that his Cabinet picks will be in charge of.
    Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of selection
Noun
  • LeMahieu is not saying when the Senate may vote on Hyun’s nomination, or how that vote may go.
    Benjamin Yount | The Center Square contributor, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Advertisement At the heart of the fighting is the Democratic Party’s demand that Han approve the assembly’s nominations of three new justices to restore the court’s full nine-member bench ahead of its ruling on Yoon’s impeachment.
    Hyung-Jin Kim, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of nomination
Noun
  • The narrow definition of who the competition was meant merging two competitors in a market posed a bigger risk to consumers of less choice and potentially higher prices.
    Alexander Coolidge, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Trade groups have also emphasized concern with the choice.
    Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of choice
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