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as in selecting
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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as in identifying
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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Noun
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Trump believes that working on a transition before an election is bad luck.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026 -
Iran has repeatedly demonstrated an ability to exploit the rhythms of American politics — election cycles, media pressures, bureaucratic fragmentation — to delay, confuse, and outmaneuver counterparts.—
Gaurav Srivastava,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Apr. 2026
Verb
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After selecting Cooper and Ponds, the Jets became the fourth team in the modern era to select multiple Indiana players in the same draft [49ers, Giants, and Bears].—
Antwan Staley,
New York Daily News,
25 Apr. 2026
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With tight end believed to be the next biggest need on their roster, selecting Raridon in the third round makes sense for the Patriots after the rest of the league went on a run at the position in the second and third rounds.—
Doug Kyed,
Boston Herald,
25 Apr. 2026
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Similarly, corruption or physical damage might destroy a file’s header, which contains its identifying metadata, while leaving other parts of it untouched.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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The company says the federal government is responsible for identifying which carriers are safe and cracking down on those that are not.—
Michael Kaplan,
CBS News,
19 Apr. 2026
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These were nearing the end of the season but there were still plenty of the tightly closed, spiky bulbous vegetables for the picking.—
Caron Golden,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Apr. 2026
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With smaller pests like aphids, the cultural control option extends less into hand-picking and more into treatment.—
Anthony Reardon,
Kansas City Star,
20 Apr. 2026
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Local water is also more reliable, even though predicting rain in the Mediterranean climate of Southern California is about as easy as choosing a winning Super Lotto number.—
Steve Scauzillo,
Daily News,
24 Apr. 2026
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The Dolphins doubled down on Red Raiders prospects after, earlier Friday, choosing Texas Tech linebacker Jacob Rodriguez with their lone second-round pick.—
David Furones,
Sun Sentinel,
24 Apr. 2026
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The Hauler has no cab (essentially a self-driving platform) and is designed for 40-foot and 53-foot shipping containers and runs dock-to-dock—unloading at the destination rather than dropping a trailer and leaving.—
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
21 Apr. 2026
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The circular collection adds another incentive for brands to consider Mexico as a sourcing destination.—
Angela Velasquez,
Footwear News,
21 Apr. 2026
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The Jaguars used their first pick of the NFL draft to land the blocking tight end Friday night, grabbing him in the second round with the 56th selection.—
Mark Long,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 Apr. 2026
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For value, need and performance, this is the Chiefs’ best selection so far.—
Sam Warren,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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That could leave the nomination in limbo and Powell still in charge.—
Jared Gans,
The Hill,
21 Apr. 2026
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The rates question The leading question for many, both on the committee and on Wall Street, is what, if anything, Warsh has promised the Oval Office in order to land the chairman nomination.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Singling (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/singling%20%28out%29. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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