Example Sentences

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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

For more about there with singulars and plurals, see pages 111-112.

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