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as in extraordinary
being out of the ordinary
the novelist's singular command of the language makes her a compelling voice in contemporary fiction
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as in unusual
noticeably different from what is generally found or experienced
appearing on the game show has been the most singular experience of my life
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as in personal
of, relating to, or belonging to a single person
preserving our national heritage is not a singular responsibility but our collective duty
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as in only
being the one or ones of a class with no other members
this crime was a singular case, and using it as a reason for revising the criminal code would be ill-advised
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Recent Examples of singular
But what the reaction to Palmer’s video is showing that when posters take the fight to a singular comment section without challenging the patterns underneath it — everything stays the same.
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Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 11 July 2025
As it’s turned out, in her long and singular literary career, Margaret Atwood has indeed had the occasion to be a hero, numerous times, and always risen to the moment.
—Literary Hub, 10 July 2025
But Kennedy’s singular view on the actual expert consensus seems driven by a personal goal: to implicate vaccines as the cause of autism.
—Caren Zucker, The Atlantic, 6 July 2025
The challenge here was to think about a hypothetical world unique and singular to the world of the film – neither past, present nor future.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 3 July 2025
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An extraordinary group of leaders and thinkers will join us, from DBS Group CEO Tan Su Shan to Supertone CEO Kyogu Lee to Singapore digital minister Josephine Teo.—
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In both cases, the National Weather Service offered clear warnings of potentially life-threatening weather events; in Los Angeles, warnings were given days before extraordinary winds — of up to 100 mph — slammed a region already suffering from a record-dry fall.—
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The sale prices reflect the unusual situation of a large company buying several houses that weren't listed for sale − with plans to demolish or move them to help assemble the development site, said Didier, who operates a Re/Max franchise.—
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Bringing together wildlife filmmaking with reality competition is unusual.—
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The film captures the visceral anger, the fraught relationships with authority, the deeply personal interpretations of a global crisis that defined those years.—
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Ra’s decades-long adherence to this personal mythology, along with his air of serene bemusement and his extravagant robes and headdresses, led to his popular image as a colorful eccentric.—
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The only Cuban natives with more homers were Rafael Palmiero (569) and Jose Canseco (480).—
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Merrell Women's Moab 3 Mid Hiking Shoes Merrell Men's Moab 3 Hiking Shoes Unsurprisingly, my brother and I aren’t the only fans of these hiking shoes.—
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Bouygues-Murphy The central tunnel's three-lane design is notable for a unique underdeck systems arrangement.—
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While all the locations will have signature LPM dishes, each of the new openings will be unique.—
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Daytime activity is not uncommon and does not necessarily indicate rabies.—
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Such a letter is not uncommon but normally would not be public, Dubin said.—
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To celebrate that landmark album turning 50, here’s one longtime Fleetwood Mac fan’s unabashedly subjective countdown of their best songs, from the massive pop hits that defined their most successful lineup to assorted album cuts and highlights of their earliest recordings. 40.—
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However, a driver is not legally obligated to submit to a field sobriety test, pre-arrest test or cheek swab at a DUI checkpoint, according to the Law Offices of Grech and Parker in Riverside. Field sobriety tests are subjective and may not accurately measure sobriety, according to Bee archives.—
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Drinkwater didn't make one appearance in a Chelsea shirt last season, whilst Bakayoko spent the season in Italy on loan at AC Milan.—
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Decisions made by engineers today, in other words, will determine not how one car drives but how all cars drive.—
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“Singular.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/singular. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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