singular
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I continued to feel unrooted without a singular religion or culture.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
And Mr. Batiste does something more, something singular and intimate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
And she has a singular talent for it.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
"It was truly singular in so many ways," Naidu says.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026
Is a word like couple or politics singular or plural—or can it be both?
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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
For more about there with singulars and plurals, see pages 111-112.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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
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