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single out
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of SINGLE
1
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>
Synonyms cherry-pick, cull, elect, handpick, name, opt (for), pick, prefer, select, single (out), tag, take
2
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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