singleness

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Recent Examples of singleness And to more women today, intentional singleness is worth every penny. Essence, 10 Feb. 2026 The actress hasn't spoken publicly about her dating life, aside from a few TikTok videos poking fun at her singleness. Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026 Bureaucrats are doomed to fail pioneering efforts requiring singleness of purpose and continuity of effort especially having risky and unforeseen outcomes of competing interests. Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2025 Franklin, who is also a minister, was inspired to tell this particular Bible story after preaching a sermon series on singleness and relationships. Giana Levy, Variety, 27 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for singleness
Recent Examples of Synonyms for singleness
Noun
  • Celebrating our oneness together!
    ‘Pemi Aguda, Literary Hub, 6 May 2026
  • Founded in the 19th century in Iran, the faith centers around principles of humanity and oneness.
    Adam Duxter, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The world first fell in love with her as a contestant in the RuPaul’s Drag Race multiverse, where her razor-sharp charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent turned her into one of the franchise’s most beloved queens.
    Todd Plummer, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 June 2026
  • The collection is produced in extremely limited quantities, spotlighting the uniqueness of each material while maintaining the exclusivity at the core of the collaboration.
    Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 11 June 2026
Noun
  • According to general relativity, in a rotating black hole, the singularity—the theoretical point of infinite density at the center—is really a one-dimensional ring, with closed timelike curves arcing around it.
    Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 12 June 2026
  • Connecting with retailers, stylists and editors who appreciate the singularity and variety of colored gemstones and who value jewelry as a form of self expression.
    Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 27 May 2026
Noun
  • These immigrants, who first settled the backcountry of Pennsylvania before pushing farther to the western and southern frontier, brought with them a cultural and linguistic separateness that had an immense impact on the speech of the American heartland.
    Valerie Fridland, Big Think, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Byrne is generous with his time and attention, but there’s also a Warholian air of mystery about him—a gentle impenetrability, a feeling of separateness.
    Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Cheuk urged directors to lean into their creative distinctiveness.
    Jenny S. Li, Variety, 15 June 2026
  • Other huge fashion conglomerates like LVMH and Kering have grown in such a way that sometimes the individual brands lose their distinctiveness.
    Dave Schilling Contributing Follow, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026
Noun
  • What remains is scar tissue, shaped by the peculiarities of individual healing.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
  • In a California electoral peculiarity, every single governor since 1942 has served more than one term.
    Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 10 June 2026
Noun
  • Amid the idiosyncrasies of the project, Berger and Laslett say Propeller One-Way Night Coach marked a continuation of their past work under their Kids at Play banner.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 10 June 2026
  • As the title implies, the show trumpets the artist’s idiosyncrasy, which feels ever more at odds with the cultural moment.
    Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 2 June 2026
Noun
  • Being assembled and claimed by kindergartner Bonnie transforms an initially reluctant Forky from trash to toy in Toy Story 4, but becoming discarded and ownerless doesn’t rob lost toys of their selfhood.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 18 June 2026
  • Somewhere Good is a suspension of those ideas, neither insular nor showy, an exertion of quiet selfhood.
    Daniel Bromfield, Pitchfork, 5 June 2026

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“Singleness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/singleness. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.

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