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past tense of single (out)
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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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- distinguished,
- fingered,
- ID'd
- (or IDed),
- identified,
- pinpointed
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“Singled (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/singled%20%28out%29. Accessed 4 Dec. 2021.
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