single-sex
designated for, pertaining to, or serving only males or only females: a single-sex college.
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How to use single-sex in a sentence
Federal law allows for single-sex public education, as long as certain parameters are met.
Classroom Warfare: Same-Sex Classes at Public Schools Ignite a Fight | Abigail Pesta | August 22, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe study—a review of existing research conducted by several social scientists—concluded that single-sex education is ineffective.
Classroom Warfare: Same-Sex Classes at Public Schools Ignite a Fight | Abigail Pesta | August 22, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTFurthermore, single-sex clubs will not provide the answer for those who desire the companionship of the other sex.
Report of the Special Committee on Moral Delinquency in Children and Adolescents | Oswald Chettle Mazengarb et al.All the facts in natural history taken by themselves, have no value, but are barren, like a single sex.
Nature | Ralph Waldo EmersonOwing to the relation of the modern dance to the sex nature it would usually be wiser to discuss it before single sex audiences.
Self Knowledge and Guide to Sex Instruction | T. W. Shannon
The single-sex chromosome which males possess invariably comes from the mother.
Physiology | Ernest G. MartinFrom this generation by a single sex, there spring, two months later, males and females.
Bramble-bees and Others | J. Henri Fabre
British Dictionary definitions for single-sex
(of schools, etc) admitting members of one sex only; not coeducational
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