single man
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Or elevate a single man as head honcho?
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026
How City came to rely so heavily on a single man is more than a story of one athlete catching fire.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 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
Rarely has the death of a single man summoned such a cascade of grief, anger and demands for justice.
From New York Times • Feb. 18, 2024
Not a single man tried to avoid his gaze.
From "Mississippi Trial, 1955" by Chris Crowe
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