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singularity

[sing-gyuh-lar-i-tee] / ˌsɪŋ gjəˈlær ɪ ti /




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But such heavy commercial appeal erodes all that singularity, leaving queer people to fend for themselves in defining and celebrating their identities, apart from the pinkwashing.

From Salon Jun. 18, 2026

Unlike black holes, however, they would not contain a singularity or an event horizon.

From Science Daily Jun. 14, 2026

If sports and money have converged in recent years, a championship run by the favorite team of Wall Street, Big Law, real-estate bigwigs and celebrities might mark the singularity.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 5, 2026

Your TV and smartphone are far more interoperable and indistinguishable than ever before, and an inescapable user-tracking singularity is developing, accordingly, in your own living room.

From Slate May 3, 2026

In the classical theory of general relativity one cannot predict how the universe would have begun because all the known laws of science would have broken down at the big bang singularity.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

Millions of readers bought Hawking’s 1988 book, “A Brief History of Time,” eager to learn from the brilliant physicist, who had first gained prominence studying singularities and black holes.

From The Wall Street Journal May 19, 2026

These singularities are defined by their gravitational pull, which is so incredibly strong that nothing — not even light — can escape.

From Salon Jan. 13, 2023

In fact, a new conception of pop artists as do-it-all vertically integrated singularities redefined pop artistry, thanks in large part to the Beatles having changed the rules.

From New York Times Nov. 6, 2021

During the 1960s, British physicist Roger Penrose was in the midst of work on the mathematics of black holes and singularities that would later earn him the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics.

From Scientific American Aug. 23, 2021

During the next few years I developed new mathematical techniques to remove this and other technical conditions from the theorems that proved that singularities must occur.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking




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