singular
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Behind the raccoons and all the lighthearted virality, though, Haaland maintains the singular focus required of a world-class athlete.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Swain said there’s not a particular singular moment of arrival.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
“But we’ve done everything we’ve done with a very, very singular purpose—what we think is best for Jaguar.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
But was it the singular experience that set a man on a decades-long mission to dismantle technological society?
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
Toto’s time away gave him a singular perspective.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
Mike Evans, Geisinger’s chief pharmacy officer, said clinicians deal in singulars.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 1, 2018
The stylebook entry retains the old advice to try to write around the problem, perhaps by changing singulars to plurals, before using the singular they as a last resort.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 4, 2015
And there are what we call "singulars," which are those creations on bread that falls outside these other groups but are still vital to the sandwich landscape, like the muffuletta.
From New York Times ● Apr. 14, 2015
In the meantime, when you do use stand-ins for singulars, get them right.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
See page 53 for more about there with singulars and plurals. though/alt hough.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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