sole
Example Sentences
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This pension will not be my sole source of income for the next few years.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
Around 12.9 million students nationwide registered for this year's "gaokao", according to the Ministry of Education, which for most is the sole determining factor in admission to a Chinese university.
From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026
And Gulati was the bid committee’s sole chairman.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026
Wilmot Fraser, the sole Black member of the city history commission, called the monument a monstrosity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
They’d form a not-for-profit legal entity whose sole purpose was to sue Moody’s and S&P, and donate the proceeds to investors who lost money investing in triple-A-rated securities.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Vocabulary lists containing sole
The Stranger
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