single man
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Or elevate a single man as head honcho?
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026
The separation of powers provides safeguards against threats to liberty stemming from the accumulation of powers in any single man or institution.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 14, 2025
A will from 2019 mentions that he’s a single man and leaves his residual estate to six children.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 13, 2025
I was a single man and I ended up living back with my family in Afghanistan.
From BBC • Jul. 13, 2024
He was a single man, and my mother was a widow only thirty-six years old.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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