single file
noun
: a row of persons, animals, or things arranged one behind the other
single file
adverb
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Their flashlights swung left to right as around a dozen men walked single file across the hilltop.
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Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Combine Files to merge multiple PDFs into a single file.
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Surf’s chat can then query anywhere from a single file to an entire context all at once.
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Soon Coach Conradt came in with the team parading single file after her.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 3 Dec. 2024
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Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Combine Files to merge multiple PDFs into a single file.
—Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2024
Surf’s chat can then query anywhere from a single file to an entire context all at once.
—David Pierce, The Verge, 4 Dec. 2024
Soon Coach Conradt came in with the team parading single file after her.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 3 Dec. 2024
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“Single file.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/single%20file. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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