singles

noun

plural of single
1
as in individuals

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as in units

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as in maidens

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Recent Examples of singles Gausman loaded the bases with no outs on two singles and a walk before Jake Cronenworth punched an opposite-field single to left to tie it at 1. — ABC News, 12 July 2026 Bradish gave up just two more hits, both singles, before Arroyo’s one-out single in the eighth. — C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 6 July 2026 In the top of the second, the Dodgers bunched four hits, all singles — the first by Hernández, beating out an infield single in his first at-bat since the hamstring injury — to take a 2-0 lead. — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026 And her 44 triple crowns for claiming gold in singles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles at a single tournament. — Greg Rosenstein, NBC news, 12 May 2026 And dance singles can be advertised simply and cheaply, with a single eye-catching Instagram or TikTok video. — Michaelangelo Matos, Rolling Stone, 2 Mar. 2026 Sets of two are also available, but only the singles are on sale now; the single twin in white lists the lowest price, at just $23. — Melody Kazel, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for singles
  1. individuals
  2. units
  3. maidens
  4. items
  5. maids
Noun
  • The Nobel Prize in Physics, first given in 1901, has been previously awarded 119 times to 229 individuals.
    — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The show sees six pairs of contestants attempt to track down some of the biggest brains in Britain – six individuals known as The Chasers – in undisclosed locations across Europe.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026
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Noun
  • Most went to the University of Nebraska Medical Center, including 15 people staying in standard quarantine units and one in the center's biocontainment unit.
    — Melina Khan, USA Today, 13 May 2026
  • The developers would also pledge $2 million to the city’s Housing Trust Fund, which provides grant funding to affordable housing projects — in line with Port KC policy requiring projects that don’t set aside affordable units to pay $5,000 per unit into the Housing Trust Fund.
    — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 29 Apr. 2026
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Noun
  • There was a procession to the church of white clad handmaidens (tärnor), star boys (stjärngossar) and gingerbread men (pepparkaksgubbar) with candle wreaths on the maidens’ heads – now battery powered rather than actual flames.
    — Natasha Langan, TheWeek, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Ritual gifts include incense, flowers, perfume, cosmetics and soap, which Hor said are believed to bring beauty and charm after being blessed by the cowherd and seven maidens.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of maidens
Noun
  • Crews used laser levels and temporary adhesive to fix items to the walls, checking their work for accuracy against renderings of the actual office before nailing many adornments to the walls.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026
  • But the chain has even been carefully expanding its offerings, typically through seasonal limited-time items like chicken and waffles or its Honey Pepper Pimento Chicken Sandwich.
    — Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of items
Noun
  • This is the kind of show where an opulent tea party is dramatized not just by many different plates of fancy pastries, fancy wreaths and lots of furniture, but by having all that stuff carted in by a dozen or so butlers, maids and other servants.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Jackson was particularly vocal in her criticism of the show’s shallow scripts, which featured plotlines about them going undercover as French maids, showgirls, lifeguards and, perhaps most infamously, prison inmates.
    — Michael Callahan, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of maids

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“Singles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/singles. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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