singled (out)

past tense of single (out)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for singled (out)
Verb
  • Both sides were selected from the 23 senior reality show contestants who had arrived days earlier at the Bachelor Mansion to meet Owens for the first time.
    Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
  • All products featured on Vogue are independently selected by our editors.
    Vogue, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The students, identified by police as Kyle Anderson and Samuel Patten, both 18, were each charged with burglary in the second degree as a hate crime and criminal nuisance in the second degree, police said.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Some of those that the research team identified included a gene associated with immune function and cognitive retention, a gene that influences how efficiently the body metabolizes fats, and another gene associated with aging brain health and heart disease.
    Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Denver has already landed its first founding partner, CommonSpirit Health, which also secured naming rights for the club’s performance center.
    Asli Pelit, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
  • This year the honor roll student founded The Curious Kid Collective, a community initiative that promotes literacy and creative exploration for children through storytelling and art, and was a recipient of the Fashion Scholarship Fund’s Virgil Abloh Post-Modern scholarship.
    Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Frozen Vegetables Frozen vegetables are picked at peak ripeness and flash-frozen, locking in vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants.
    Morgan Pearson, Verywell Health, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Her father picked her up and brought her home.
    City News Service, Oc Register, 26 Sep. 2025
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“Singled (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/singled%20%28out%29. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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