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singleton

[sing-guhl-tuhn] / ˈsɪŋ gəl tən /


NOUN
nonce word
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Nor was she the first woman to produce and arrange—that was Mr. Gordy’s second wife, Raynoma Gordy Singleton.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

“I equate the cowboy with what the medieval knight is to Europe, what the samurai is to Japan,” Singleton said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026

“You get to the Americas, and the place is giant,” said Eric D. Singleton, a curator at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026

Visitor favorites like John Singleton Copley’s “Watson and the Shark” and Gilbert Stuart’s “George Washington” are joined by lesser-known works to recount America’s history, from the Revolutionary era through the 20th century.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 10, 2026

Two days later, Singleton sat down in a windowless room in Brigham City, his immodest investigator’s surroundings, put one of the discs into the computer, and discovered what looked like nonsense.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel




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