singleness

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Recent Examples of singleness Is this supposed bible of singleness still applicable now? Lauren O’Neill, Vogue, 17 July 2023 Key turns to the 10 songs on Mitchell’s album Blue, using each song to think through how singleness has shaped her life socially, emotionally, and materially. Hannah Rosefield, The New Republic, 8 June 2023 The report, published Wednesday by a church Commission on Families and Households, urges people to honor singleness and single-person households — and to be open to reimagining a society that allows everyone to thrive, including the unpartnered. Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2023 This symbolizes my walking into singleness. Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2023 See all Example Sentences for singleness 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for singleness
Noun
  • Their latest collaboration, exquisitely shot by Adolpho Veloso, revels in a oneness with nature that, for all its visual and emotional rapture, has deep sadness at its core.
    Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
  • Our social evolution toward oneness and unity is partly an evolution toward recognizing and practicing this essential unity.
    Ray Hassen, Austin American-Statesman, 16 May 2024
Noun
  • The singularity of It’s Never Over, along with the access and the candor, makes up for a lot here.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 25 Jan. 2025
  • Bethany is a brand manager initially unaware of the singularity of her special treatment: Her air conditioning works, and her unit features crown molding and new kitchen counters.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • This Texas peculiarity is especially confounding to Democratic legislators in Sacramento and Springfield, who would never dream of allowing Republicans to do likewise in California and Illinois, states where Democrats have legislative supermajorities like the GOP does in Texas.
    Patrick Gleason, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
  • The peculiarity of her perspective is just too distracting.
    Melanie Anzidei, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Regional frivolities One of the best parts of League Pass browsing is catching the various idiosyncrasies of different local streams.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Their passengers are fed up with being driven recklessly, treated curtly and, in many cases, having to settle fares with cash — one of the strangest idiosyncrasies about life in Hong Kong.
    David Pierson, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • In came exultations of subjectivity and selfhood—the stuff of life that cannot be boiled down to facts and scientific data.
    Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Each distinct persona carves out a portion of his selfhood.
    Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 25 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Satisfy, which turns 10 in 2025, carved a lane for itself by offering something different for trail runners through products with a distinct color palette and a sense of individuality typically not seen in the sector.
    Lei Takanashi, CNN, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Her stance, which champions sustainability, individuality, and intentional consumption, amassed 489,300 views and 55,200 likes on TikTok.
    Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Muñoz-Marín had a hunch about the identity of these mysterious structures.
    Veronique Greenwood, WIRED, 9 Feb. 2025
  • Just two weeks ago, Boise State basketball was 5-4 in Mountain West play, had lost three straight road games following a last-second loss to Colorado State, and didn’t even seem to have an identity.
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 8 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Putin believes in authoritarianism, in a strong Russian state, in the rehabilitation of the country’s Soviet past, and in a Russian civilization that is superior to a West corrupted by secularism and individualism.
    Rich Lowry, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
  • This strain of individualism has remained strong in U.S. politics: Individual liberty, personal responsibility and economic opportunity are the foundations of American life, individualists say, so each person should win or lose on their own.
    Jay Feinman, The Conversation, 15 Jan. 2025

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“Singleness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/singleness. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.

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