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Recent Examples of singleness
Bureaucrats are doomed to fail pioneering efforts requiring singleness of purpose and continuity of effort especially having risky and unforeseen outcomes of competing interests.
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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
Par price, that is the price between the different representations ties all these forms into the singleness of money.
—Vipin Bharathan, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
In comments beneath the post, some supporters celebrated the call to embrace singleness as a valid, joyful life stage.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025
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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
Par price, that is the price between the different representations ties all these forms into the singleness of money.
—Vipin Bharathan, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
In comments beneath the post, some supporters celebrated the call to embrace singleness as a valid, joyful life stage.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for singleness
Noun
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The sudden flood of oxytocin accompanying the onset of the drug produces feelings of emotional communion, oneness, and openness.—
Erica Rex,
STAT,
19 Feb. 2026
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What’s stripped out at its core—and this is the deepest core of the contemplative traditions—is a non-dual realization of wisdom, an experience of oneness.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2026
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For years, Erik Spoelstra and the Heat have been praised for the efficiency and uniqueness of their zone defense.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
28 Feb. 2026
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For its uniqueness, The News called AM/FM one of the most exciting new restaurants coming to Dallas in 2026.—
Sarah Blaskovich,
Dallas Morning News,
25 Feb. 2026
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The conquest of Mars and the achievement of the singularity are, like the nationalism resurgent across the globe, daydreams that offer a taste of that old comfort.—
Charles Finch,
The Atlantic,
24 Feb. 2026
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The audience gets to know Gugu so well and fall in love with his courage, singularity and determination to protect his grandmother and their oasis of a life together.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
24 Feb. 2026
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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
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Since becoming president of Taiwan, last May, Lai has asserted Taiwan’s separateness from the mainland and muted his predecessor’s efforts to reassure Beijing.—
STEPHEN WERTHEIM,
Foreign Affairs,
28 Oct. 2025
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For Glomski, that distinctiveness is the point.—
Peter Burke,
FOXNews.com,
15 Feb. 2026
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In the immediate future, Murray said, the Post would concentrate on areas that demonstrate authority, distinctiveness and impact, and resonate with readers, including politics, national affairs and security.—
David Bauder,
Fortune,
4 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The answer lies in the subtleties and peculiarities of the reward system, and our old friend dopamine.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Feb. 2026
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Tracking the beginning of their secret relationship through Thorpe’s 1979 trial, A Very English Scandal is a stellar lesson in how to use the miniseries format to tease out the bizarre peculiarities of real-life drama.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Jan. 2026
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Everyone’s hearts are closer to the surface than usual, so being tolerant of one another’s idiosyncrasies could be necessary to avoid strife.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
1 Mar. 2026
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The exquisite film, Derek vs Derek, raises pressing environmental issues, while conducting an exquisite study of idiosyncrasies at the same time, free of any pretension, though full of humor and substance.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
25 Feb. 2026
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In Search of Lost Time can explore selfhood, then, and find that the self is a sprawling, mutable thing.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Feb. 2026
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Suddenly Sophie’s selfhood is tied up in a potential affair with a man who employs her, which was the exact situation in which Sophie’s maid mother found herself with her lord father.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Singleness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/singleness. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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