singles (out)

verb

present tense third-person singular of single (out)
1
as in selects
to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities she quickly singled out the most qualified candidate from the pool of the applicants

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2
as in identifies
to find out or establish the identity of through careful reasoning and the process of elimination, neighbors singled her out as the writer of the anonymous letter

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for singles (out)
  1. selects
  2. identifies
  3. chooses
  4. pinpoints
  5. picks
  6. distinguishes
  7. elects
  8. fingers
Verb
  • This information is continuously shared across a command-and-control network that decides whether an engagement is necessary, selects the most suitable interceptor, and determines the optimal launch time.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 6 July 2026
  • For each match, the model compares the two teams’ FIFA ranking points, converts the rating difference into a win probability, and randomly selects a winner using that probability.
    — Giovanni Malloy, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
Definition of selects
Verb
  • Michigan, which typically identifies about 50 cases of cyclosporiasis in a year, has reported at least 170 cases, clustered in seven counties, over the past nine days, according to the state’s Department of Health.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 3 July 2026
  • And most interestingly, her chyron identifies her as a Freelance Journalist with no further explanation.
    — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 2 July 2026
Definition of identifies
Verb
  • Even still, no matter whether a rider chooses to lay their head in a hotel or a tent, anyone who's spent the day enjoying the open road covered by State Farm Insurance will rest far easier that night.
    — Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 July 2026
  • Whether Weiss chooses to acknowledge the standings or not, the NL East race has become one of baseball's most compelling second-half storylines.
    — Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of chooses
Verb
  • The paper also pinpoints a few technical challenges Debug will face.
    — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 4 June 2026
  • This tool pinpoints the ancient latitude of any modern location, tracing its journey back to the peak of the supercontinent Pangaea.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 Apr. 2026
Definition of pinpoints
Verb
  • Nobody picks a bank because of who owns the servers, so why sink capital into owning them?
    — Mushfig Aliyev, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • Subscribe here to our newsletter, In Review by David Ehrlich, in which our Chief Film Critic and Head Reviews Editor rounds up the best new reviews and streaming picks along with some exclusive musings — all only available to subscribers.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 8 July 2026
Definition of picks
Verb
  • What distinguishes Vacanza in the landscape of luxury niche perfumery is its refusal of escapism as mere fantasy.
    — Tanya Akim, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • Instead of using a human-like face, UMA has equipped the humanoid with a neutral visor that clearly distinguishes it from a person.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 8 July 2026
Definition of distinguishes
Verb
  • How Charlotte elects its mayor Mayoral terms run two years and elections are partisan.
    — Josh Bergeron, Charlotte Observer, 1 July 2026
  • The district traditionally elects Democrats.
    — Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 23 June 2026
Definition of elects
Verb
  • Our connection was a bit like that [snaps fingers].
    — Derek Lawrence, HollywoodReporter, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Elton John might have stepped into Christmas, but Christina Aguilera is diving into it fingers-first.
    — Marci Robin, Allure, 9 Dec. 2025
Definition of fingers
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