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single-handedly

[sing-guhl-han-did-lee] / ˈsɪŋ gəlˈhæn dɪd li /
ADJECTIVE
alone
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And the way he is playing, he appears to be trying to will that into existence single-handedly.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

Hybe built BTS but then BTS single-handedly transformed Hybe into a powerhouse.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

“Today’s plunge in the oil market should single-handedly shave off $0.45/gallon, implying the national average pulling back to around $3.70,” Molchanov wrote.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

AI startup worker Sigrid Jin, who attended the Seoul dinner, single-handedly used 25 billion of Claude Code tokens last year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

Rosser leads his weary men back toward Rice’s Station, content in the knowledge that he has single-handedly saved the Confederacy—for the moment.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly




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