singleness

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Recent Examples of singleness And to more women today, intentional singleness is worth every penny. Essence, 10 Feb. 2026 The actress hasn't spoken publicly about her dating life, aside from a few TikTok videos poking fun at her singleness. Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026 Bureaucrats are doomed to fail pioneering efforts requiring singleness of purpose and continuity of effort especially having risky and unforeseen outcomes of competing interests. Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2025 Franklin, who is also a minister, was inspired to tell this particular Bible story after preaching a sermon series on singleness and relationships. Giana Levy, Variety, 27 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for singleness
Recent Examples of Synonyms for singleness
Noun
  • Founded in the 19th century in Iran, the faith centers around principles of humanity and oneness.
    Adam Duxter, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The sudden flood of oxytocin accompanying the onset of the drug produces feelings of emotional communion, oneness, and openness.
    Erica Rex, STAT, 19 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The uniqueness of the situation, a pope from the United States using the teachings of the Catholic Church to promote civic action, struck Hidalgo as inspiring.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2026
  • With charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent — to borrow RuPaul’s mantra (the lipsynch-for-your-lifeboats number is a highlight) — the comic ensemble makes the gags work by sheer will.
    Frank Rizzo, Variety, 13 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Armed with this map, the Kinematic Intelligence framework enables robots to go around their singularities using a strategy the team calls a track cycle.
    Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 26 Apr. 2026
  • In Fiduccia’s perceptive reading, binaries such as abstraction and likeness, form and formlessness, seriality and singularity, take on dialectical tension and interrelation.
    Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 16 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • These immigrants, who first settled the backcountry of Pennsylvania before pushing farther to the western and southern frontier, brought with them a cultural and linguistic separateness that had an immense impact on the speech of the American heartland.
    Valerie Fridland, Big Think, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Byrne is generous with his time and attention, but there’s also a Warholian air of mystery about him—a gentle impenetrability, a feeling of separateness.
    Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • If this is the true face of the AI industry—a technological triumphalism that sees human thought as an inefficiency to overcome and human distinctiveness as a myth to debunk—the differences between the Church and Silicon Valley may prove irreconcilable.
    Elias Wachtel, The Atlantic, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Providing more distinctiveness is Neville’s tagging along for the weekly dinner with the host (Edebiri in this case), Michaels and select cast members, which takes place early in the schedule and at the same Italian restaurant every week.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 15 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Mathematics can explain why This article is from Proof Positive, our friendly newsletter that explores the joys and peculiarities of math.
    Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Once a year, the editors of New York set out to make the day-to-day task of living in this city easier for our readers — both those who have been here since birth and those who are still discovering (and adjusting to) its peculiarities and price tags.
    The Editors, Curbed, 16 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • First there was Lil Baby and Gunna, turning his melodies into a radio rap format by ditching the idiosyncrasies.
    Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Most of the videos are gentle teasing about the idiosyncrasies of working at a bar or retreads of other viral videos.
    Lauren Chapman, Sacbee.com, 10 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The second is that chatbots, which mimic emotional intimacy and tend toward sycophancy, warp how children forge their selfhood and relationships.
    Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Through every iteration of selfhood.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Apr. 2026

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“Singleness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/singleness. Accessed 1 May. 2026.

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