singularly

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Recent Examples of singularly While Florida’s issues have hit a national scale, the burden is carried by each player and coach singularly. Noah White, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2025 President Biden singularly stands out in his callous enabling of the horrors inflicted on Gaza for more than a year. Shibley Telhami, Time, 13 Oct. 2025 Stopping a singularly talented scorer like Small is an obvious use case, but simply changing the flow of the game and forcing the opponent to pause and re-evaluate can have a massively positive effect. Jim Root, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025 Many of the base’s survivors have similarly described the singularly horrific nature of those 45 square miles in eastern Cuba. Miriam Pensack, The Dial, 30 Sep. 2025 Or maybe it's just singularly taken as a song that people really connect with regardless. Steve Baltin, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025 But this was South Korea in the 1960s – a deeply patriarchal society that was singularly focused on rebuilding from the devastation of the Korean war and Japan’s brutal occupation before that. Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025 Wall Street was singularly focused on Oracle’s forward-looking numbers and a massive growth trajectory that the company now sees thanks to its booming cloud infrastructure business and a host of new artificial intelligence deals. Ari Levy, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025 David Dastmalchian also brings his singularly bizarre persona into the last act of the film as one of the many hitmen coming for Resident 5B, while the otherworldly Sheila Atim rounds out the cast as an FBI agent who exudes big Pam Grier energy. Marya E. Gates, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for singularly
Adverb
  • In addition to being high in protein, adzuki beans are extraordinarily high in potassium, providing 610 milligrams (mg) per half-cup serving.
    Jennifer Lefton, Verywell Health, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Ordinary things hurt sometimes, and Evans was willing to do an ordinary thing that was in fact extraordinarily painful.
    Arpon Basu, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • With a displacement of 443 GT, the vessel is compact yet delivers an unusually large amount of exterior deck space.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The intensification was powered by unusually warm sea water in the Caribbean, which provides the energy for the storm to gather strength.
    Christopher Cann, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Yes, the re-escalation of hostile rhetoric Friday was the proximate excuse for the market's uncommonly calm ascent to crack.
    Michael Santoli, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
  • As the brand scales across North America, the bet is that common sense, done uncommonly well, is exactly what the market has been waiting for.
    Simon Mainwaring, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • If a single account seems abnormally good at predicting the outcome of a single player’s games, that’s suspicious.
    Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The advisories report that abnormally low water levels are expected, with water falling below the critical mark of -1 inch above low water datum starting late Tuesday and likely persisting through Wednesday.
    Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Almeida is extremely likely to have wrestling success early in this fight, and the question becomes whether Volkov can survive and extend the matchup.
    Brett Appley, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Last offseason, the Red Sox were extremely active, trading for ace pitcher Garrett Crochet and signing All-Star third baseman Alex Bregman.
    Shaun McAvoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • The eight Wall Street analysts who cover MSGS lean positive on the stock, with three hold ratings, four buys and one strong buy, according to Yahoo Finance—sell ratings are exceedingly rare from analysts.
    Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Vegetation is exceedingly rich, with more than 2,000 species of wild plants, including more than 100 medicinal herbs.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • At the same time, exceptionally profitable periods have created the opportunity for the Browns to create a bigger impact over a shorter period of time.
    Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Twenty-year-old Noah Sadiki, who joined from Union Saint-Gilloise, worked exceptionally hard in midfield.
    Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • That contrast, between how meticulously Reichardt builds her story and the way her protagonist pinballs through his, yields a remarkably precise exploration of hubris as a self-destructive force.
    Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Both are fruits, but the taste is remarkably different.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025

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“Singularly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/singularly. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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