singles (out)

verb

present tense third-person singular of single (out)
1
as in selects
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
as in identifies
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for singles (out)
  1. selects
  2. identifies
  3. chooses
  4. pinpoints
  5. picks
  6. distinguishes
  7. elects
  8. fingers
Verb
  • Each envelope contains a message meant to encourage, validate or uplift the person who selects it.
    — Sophia Buonpane, Kansas City Star, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The list is refreshed monthly as each analyst selects their top picks from a 12-month outlook.
    — Assiatou Hann, CNBC, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of selects
Verb
  • Hall’s report, also released by the state police on Friday, identifies the Jonesboro couple, who state police said last week were seriously injured and taken to a Memphis hospital.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Montway identifies March and April as a return-planning period, followed by the main northbound season in May and June.
    — Nia Bowers, Ascend Agency, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of identifies
Verb
  • After dating 20 women on the show, Harry narrows down the search and ultimately chooses Amber Mozo, a 30-year-old photographer from Hawaii.
    — Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The company has reportedly proposed giving the administration a 5% stake, structured like the Alaska Permanent Fund and revocable whenever OpenAI chooses.
    — Sarah Polcz, Time, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of chooses
Verb
  • The paper also pinpoints a few technical challenges Debug will face.
    — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 4 June 2026
  • This tool pinpoints the ancient latitude of any modern location, tracing its journey back to the peak of the supercontinent Pangaea.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 Apr. 2026
Definition of pinpoints
Verb
  • Brooks goes 30+ picks earlier as the RB27 in recent NFFC drafts.
    — Jess Bryant, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Our bar cabinet picks balance generous storage with plenty of surface space and good looks.
    — Bailey Berg, Architectural Digest, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of picks
Verb
  • Summary Selena Gomez's Rare Beauty distinguishes itself with a core mission centered on youth mental health.
    — Rachel Burchfield, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • This final stage most clearly distinguishes reputational due diligence from mechanical screening.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of distinguishes
Verb
  • The results on Amendment 4 and Amendment 5 marked a stunning repudiation of Republican policy in a state that overwhelmingly elects Republican lawmakers.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026
  • In a blue wave, off-year election, a state that almost always elects Democrats to the Senate—not by huge margins, but pretty reliably by three or four points—should have been an easy hold.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 29 July 2026
Definition of elects
Verb
  • Our connection was a bit like that [snaps fingers].
    — Derek Lawrence, HollywoodReporter, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Elton John might have stepped into Christmas, but Christina Aguilera is diving into it fingers-first.
    — Marci Robin, Allure, 9 Dec. 2025
Definition of fingers
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“Singles (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/singles%20%28out%29. Accessed 20 Aug. 2026.

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