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After concluding it was most likely a homicide, Oliver said it was a "very sad and singular case".

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

All of this legal drama is over a singular congressional seat.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

Lynch’s affection for the city and its singular luminance emanates from the intimate prints documenting its otherwise overlooked corners.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

“CEO transitions are always a risk,” namely for companies “that are driven by a singular vision,” Morningstar chief equity market strategist Michael Field said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026

We lived once again in married student housing, a plywood apartment complex set among pine trees, and the singular topic of conversation among our young neighbors was the inadequacy of these rattletrap tenements.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

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

Plural words are often treated as singulars in quantities and measurements of things like these: • Money: Bernice says $4 is too much for a cup of coffee.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

In the meantime, when you do use stand-ins for singulars, get them right.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner