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Recent Examples of singularly
While Florida’s issues have hit a national scale, the burden is carried by each player and coach singularly.
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Noah White, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2025
President Biden singularly stands out in his callous enabling of the horrors inflicted on Gaza for more than a year.
—Shibley Telhami, Time, 13 Oct. 2025
Stopping a singularly talented scorer like Small is an obvious use case, but simply changing the flow of the game and forcing the opponent to pause and re-evaluate can have a massively positive effect.
—Jim Root, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Many of the base’s survivors have similarly described the singularly horrific nature of those 45 square miles in eastern Cuba.
—Miriam Pensack, The Dial, 30 Sep. 2025
Or maybe it's just singularly taken as a song that people really connect with regardless.
—Steve Baltin, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
But this was South Korea in the 1960s – a deeply patriarchal society that was singularly focused on rebuilding from the devastation of the Korean war and Japan’s brutal occupation before that.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
Wall Street was singularly focused on Oracle’s forward-looking numbers and a massive growth trajectory that the company now sees thanks to its booming cloud infrastructure business and a host of new artificial intelligence deals.
—Ari Levy, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
David Dastmalchian also brings his singularly bizarre persona into the last act of the film as one of the many hitmen coming for Resident 5B, while the otherworldly Sheila Atim rounds out the cast as an FBI agent who exudes big Pam Grier energy.
—Marya E. Gates, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2025
Noah White, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2025
President Biden singularly stands out in his callous enabling of the horrors inflicted on Gaza for more than a year.
—Shibley Telhami, Time, 13 Oct. 2025
Stopping a singularly talented scorer like Small is an obvious use case, but simply changing the flow of the game and forcing the opponent to pause and re-evaluate can have a massively positive effect.
—Jim Root, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Many of the base’s survivors have similarly described the singularly horrific nature of those 45 square miles in eastern Cuba.
—Miriam Pensack, The Dial, 30 Sep. 2025
Or maybe it's just singularly taken as a song that people really connect with regardless.
—Steve Baltin, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
But this was South Korea in the 1960s – a deeply patriarchal society that was singularly focused on rebuilding from the devastation of the Korean war and Japan’s brutal occupation before that.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
Wall Street was singularly focused on Oracle’s forward-looking numbers and a massive growth trajectory that the company now sees thanks to its booming cloud infrastructure business and a host of new artificial intelligence deals.
—Ari Levy, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
David Dastmalchian also brings his singularly bizarre persona into the last act of the film as one of the many hitmen coming for Resident 5B, while the otherworldly Sheila Atim rounds out the cast as an FBI agent who exudes big Pam Grier energy.
—Marya E. Gates, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for singularly
Adverb
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Ordinary things hurt sometimes, and Evans was willing to do an ordinary thing that was in fact extraordinarily painful.—
Arpon Basu,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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For his debut collection at Chanel, Matthieu Blazy achieved the rare feat of rendering Gabrielle Chanel’s original legacy extraordinarily relevant, while making the recent past feel suddenly outdated.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
7 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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The Shiller price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio—calculated by dividing share prices by earnings per share—is used as a long-term gauge of stock market valuations, often employed by investors to spot periods when the market is expensive or unusually cheap.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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The host explained the decision in an unusually brief and straightforward introduction to the episode.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
13 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Yes, the re-escalation of hostile rhetoric Friday was the proximate excuse for the market's uncommonly calm ascent to crack.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
14 Oct. 2025
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As the brand scales across North America, the bet is that common sense, done uncommonly well, is exactly what the market has been waiting for.—
Simon Mainwaring,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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While some diseases, like seasonal allergies, asthma, and autoimmune diseases, are known to cause eosinophilia, or an abnormally high number of these cells, the role of eosinophilia in chronic pain hasn’t been well explored.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
13 Oct. 2025
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The story of Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider follows Tanzaburo Tojima, a forty-year-old man who is abnormally obsessed with the Kamen Rider franchise.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
18 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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The last six decades or so have been an extremely subtle hint, and the rest of us have cracked the code.—
Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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In extremely dense fog where visibility is near zero, the best course of action is to first turn on your hazard lights, then simply pull into a safe location such as a parking lot of a local business, and stop.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
17 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Today, thanks to innovations such as the carbon fibre monocoque chassis, the HANS device, the halo cockpit protection, and advanced fireproof suits, fatalities have become exceedingly rare.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
16 Oct. 2025
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However, experts say cases are exceedingly rare and there is no evidence of systematic fraud.—
Tom Olsen,
Twin Cities,
15 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Federal mortgage-fraud prosecutions are exceptionally rare.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
12 Oct. 2025
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Unfortunately, the conditions for pushing through such an amendment — a two-thirds majority from both houses of Congress and a three-fourths majority from state legislatures, as outlined in Article V — have proven exceptionally demanding.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
10 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Wright said Ad Land’s contribution to paying off the annual rights bill has been remarkably consistent over the last 10 years, holding steady at around that 50% mark despite a range of marketplace disruptions and various spasms at the macroeconomic level.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
16 Oct. 2025
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Hornstull Occupying the upper floor in the main house of this 1779-era property, this apartment offers remarkably high ceilings and a beautiful garden.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Singularly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/singularly. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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