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single (out)

verb

1 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 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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single (out)

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“Single (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/single%20%28out%29. Accessed 4 Oct. 2022.

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