singleness

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Recent Examples of singleness Selena Gomez is celebrating singleness, and Carrie Bradshaw would not approve. Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 25 Aug. 2023 Her life honed to a singleness of purpose while my father stumbles about, narrating the current state of his illnesses. Jamie Quatro, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023 Is this supposed bible of singleness still applicable now? Lauren O’Neill, Vogue, 17 July 2023 Key turns to the 10 songs on Mitchell’s album Blue, using each song to think through how singleness has shaped her life socially, emotionally, and materially. Hannah Rosefield, The New Republic, 8 June 2023 See All Example Sentences for singleness
Recent Examples of Synonyms for singleness
Noun
  • Several times, as another musician plays, Monk stands center stage and spins in place, in febrile oneness with the music.
    Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
  • The illusion of separation, the truth of universal oneness.
    Oshan Jarow, Vox, 8 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • That doesn't mean those theories are any closer to answering the singularity puzzle, however.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 11 June 2025
  • But do these phenomena truly represent space-time singularities?
    Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 27 May 2025
Noun
  • Raising brand awareness among new audiences or localizing to cultural peculiarities requires a strategic approach, and influencer marketing can be a part of it.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
  • Twain’s narrative boasts some—discrepancies is too magisterial a word … peculiarities, say.
    Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 5 June 2025
Noun
  • Part of the pleasure of the cover-to-cover print experience is seeing a specific editorial perspective in all its obsessions and idiosyncrasies, and the Women’s Issue is rife with Brown’s.
    Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 15 June 2025
  • For iPhone: Coming Next Week, A New Era For The iPhone These weren’t idiosyncrasies or outdated protocols.
    Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
Noun
  • This week Brooke and Grant chose to explore silence and its impact on families, on selfhood, and of course on our writing.
    Memoir Nation June 9, Literary Hub, 9 June 2025
  • In contrast, Miller is interested in the body that wears the clothing, and how clothing is a way to define selfhood and the body.
    Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 4 May 2025
Noun
  • Fitting in requires conformity, but belonging should not conflict with individuality.
    Naira Velumyan, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
  • Our customers range from entrepreneurs to artists to superstars ... what many of them are looking for is a way to express their lifestyle and individuality.
    Morgan Korn, ABC News, 1 June 2025
Noun
  • Young creatives between the ages of 14 and 30, from all backgrounds and identities, are encouraged to present original works that reflect on environmental and social challenges facing the planet.
    PhotoVogue, Vogue, 21 June 2025
  • Conservative play became the club’s identity, which clashed with its original ethos.
    Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 21 June 2025
Noun
  • In China, too, rapid economic growth and upward mobility have meant people today value individualism and autonomy more than previous generations, according to a 2018 study – reflected in the steady rise of parents choosing unique characters in their babies’ names.
    Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 28 May 2025
  • Indian spirituality, with its emphasis on the interconnectedness of life, was an important check on the hubris of American individualism and biblical notions of how the world had been given by God to man to have dominion over.
    Andrew Moore, New York Times, 15 May 2025

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“Singleness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/singleness. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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