single out

1. Choose or distinguish from others, as in We singled him out from all the other applicants. This idiom was first recorded in 1629.

Example Sentences

Still, Kershaw was one of a handful of players Roberts singled out.

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That she singled out one group of activists, many Jewish, at the very moment Arab toddlers were being blown apart by U.S.-funded bombs raised doubts about her touted values.

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In a memo issued Monday, the NBA singled out prop bets as trouble spots: “In particular,” the memo says, “proposition bets on individual player performance involve heightened integrity concerns and require additional scrutiny.”

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The law prohibits teachers from singling out specific racial groups as responsible for past racism.

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There are circuits to come that play to McLaren's strengths - Brazil, Qatar and Abu Dhabi, the team have singled out.

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