singleness

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Recent Examples of singleness People celebrate all kinds of love, singleness and Galentine’s Day — an unofficial holiday celebrating women’s friendship — over dinner, drinks and brunch on and around Feb. 14. Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025 Also, don't assume singleness as necessarily a problem that needs to be solved. Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2024 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 See All Example Sentences for singleness
Recent Examples of Synonyms for singleness
Noun
  • This privacy and oneness with the deep blue feels very VIP yacht—and this sporty skort is excellent to wear over swimwear with its quick-drying fabric.
    Alexandra Pereira, Travel + Leisure, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Their latest collaboration, exquisitely shot by Adolpho Veloso, revels in a oneness with nature that, for all its visual and emotional rapture, has deep sadness at its core.
    Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • But for now, the best approach for sellers is to understand what buyers actually need, evaluate the quality and uniqueness of their own data, and align internal governance and analytics capabilities to support those needs.
    Seth Joseph, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Praise be, there are fiction writers who can capture the bodies and souls of completely normal individuals, their uniqueness, charms, highs and lows.
    The Know, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • This gave rise to decisions by a few airlines, such as Allegiant, to offer low-fare, low frequency nonstop flights from approximately a dozen small and mid-size rural communities to take advantage of the singularity of the Las Vegas destination.
    Michael Boyd, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Nobody else in the episode dresses like Hart; his costume clearly establishes his singularity, which reveals its full colors later in the series.
    Andrew McGowan, Variety, 12 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • On the one hand, the gift of consciousness brought the glory of independence; on the other, the punishment of separateness.
    Vivian Gornick, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Quantum computers, which harness the peculiarities of quantum physics for gains in speed and computing ability over classical machines, may one day revolutionize technology.
    Ananya Palivela, Scientific American, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Beyond that technical stuff there is the peculiarity of what happens in the poem.
    A.O. Scott, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Conybeare, a classics scholar, intertwines learned exegesis with examples of Augustine’s human idiosyncrasies, offering illuminating analyses of the philosopher’s seminal texts and ideas—including his theory of original sin—and of the role that his heritage played in his self-conception.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Told over the course of three celebratory gatherings, the film casts a wry look at Dominican identity, middle-class idiosyncrasies and the fragile threads that bind a family together.
    Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Concepts like zero, karma, ahimsa, non-duality, and moksha shaped not just her identity but how the world understands selfhood, suffering, time, and truth.
    Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • This intimate portrait offers rare access to a vanishing nomadic circus community, tracing seven years in the life of a young man caught between tradition and selfhood.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 14 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • For Hanky Panky, this collection reinforces a brand ethos focused on inclusivity, comfort and individuality across diverse body types.
    Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
  • After two years of working together and being inspired by each other and their respective circles, a group of friends banded together and formed The Collective to put on a menswear presentation that creates harmony out of individuality.
    Roxanne Robinson, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025

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“Singleness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/singleness. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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