single out
Example Sentences
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Local air pollution authorities, possessing little power and even less solid science, singled out oil industries, factories, manufacturers and chemical companies, and they weren’t wrong — just looking through the opposite end of the telescope.
From Los Angeles Times
Fuel distributors, caught between the fear of seeing barrel prices skyrocket and the regulation of prices at the pump, are being singled out as responsible for the sudden shortage.
From Barron's
The resolution itself singles out for praise, by name, the accusers who have come forward.
From Los Angeles Times
In the early days, the company even published a philosophical document that singled out “focus” as a top priority.
Youth coaches are notoriously reluctant to single out individual players for assessment.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
