single-issue
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
But it was slavery that increasingly made the Democrats a nearly single-issue party.
From Salon
These have manifested in publishers’ proclamations that cheap single-issue comic books are a thing of the past, as well as in a panic-sales spike for a new Brian K. Vaughan graphic novel that occurred just before the original tariffs were set to go into effect in February.
From Slate
And we’re not quite single-issue voters in the way that people maybe thought about voters 15 or 20 years ago.
From Los Angeles Times
The message will be intertwined with arguments about the economy and other concerns because young people are not single-issue voters.
From Los Angeles Times
The bill has been opposed by the California Assn. of Health Plans and a number of insurance companies that warn that such single-issue mandates lead to increased premiums for business owners and enrollees.
From Los Angeles Times
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.