single out
Example Sentences
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“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
Lyndon Dykes, Tommy Conway and Che Adams were all largely ineffective in their time of the pitch, although Clarke did single out Conway for praise after Japan.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
Observing how hawks select prey, they trained defensive drones to single out and destroy the most vulnerable enemy aircraft.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 25, 2026
The district goals single out third-grade reading because by third grade, students should be reading to learn rather than learning to read.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2026
We would single out someone, or a couple, or sometimes a whole family—although for the purposes of the game, it was always better to single out a person shopping alone.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
