1
as in selected
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 identified
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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Per the Rockets’ official press release, the NBA announced today that Rockets guard Reed Sheppard was selected to the Castrol Rising Stars event which will take place on February 13 as part of NBA All-Star Weekend in Los Angeles.—
Rahat Huq,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026 -
He was selected in the second round of the 2024 NBA Draft by the Detroit Pistons, but was traded to the Memphis Grizzlies that night.—
Adam Thompson,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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The source of the leak was identified, repaired and levels have returned to normal, according to the university.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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The deceased victim has not yet been identified and the cause of the crash remains under investigation.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
4 Feb. 2026
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Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.—
Jeanne Phillips,
Mercury News,
27 Jan. 2026
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In 1916, the Tri-State/Denver Buddhist Temple, also known as the Denver Buddhist Church at the time, was founded at 1950 Lawrence St.—
Jessica Alvarado Gamez,
Denver Post,
27 Jan. 2026
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The two have steadily rebuilt ties that had reached a low ebb in 2017 to 2020, when Ankara sided with Qatar in a regional dispute; the regional rift is now between Riyadh and Abu Dhabi and Türkiye again appears to have picked a side.—
Matthew Martin,
semafor.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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At the time, he was seen as a candidate to become CEO of AWS, but Amazon picked former executive Adam Selipsky to run the market-leading cloud.—
Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Singled (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/singled%20%28out%29. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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