single out
Example Sentences
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The cash payment looks set to cap an extraordinary Wall Street tussle that saw a company single out one of its own shareholders over its trading activity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
That’s why OpenAI didn’t single out this 80-year-old problem as a focused goal.
From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2026
He did not single out which countries he meant.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
“Public-health policies that single out non-U.S. citizens won’t prevent viruses from crossing our borders,” Jeanne Marrazzo, CEO of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, said in a statement.
From MarketWatch ● May 18, 2026
Justice Thurgood Marshall acknowledged as much in his dissent in Bostick, noting “the basis of the decision to single out particular passengers during a suspicionless sweep is less likely to be inarticulable than unspeakable.”
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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