Synonyms for single out
sin·gle out

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1. single outverb

   select from a group

   "She was singled out for her outstanding performance"

   Synonyms:
   discriminate, separate

2. discriminate, separate, single outverb

   treat differently on the basis of sex or race

   Synonyms:
   divide, assort, carve up, know apart, separate, come apart, fork, classify, secern, sort out, dissever, differentiate, class, part, break, disunite, severalise, furcate, fall apart, severalize, secernate, break up, split up, split, sort, distinguish, tell apart, tell, branch, ramify, discriminate

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1. • Choose
   • Distinguish

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1. single out

   Synonyms:
   choose, select, single, pick

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1. James Highsmith:

   That is the peak of it all, everyone there is emotionally charged. And what we do is not so much that we intervene. What we are doing is observing. We recognize who is the most hothead and who is the one we can…single out as one of the calm heads. The ones we can talk to, to use as a bridge, so to speak, to get inside and try to talk to these youngsters to try to avert retaliation.

2. Kelvin Cochran:

   Naked men refuse to give in, so they pursue sexual fulfillment through multiple partners, with the opposite sex, the same sex, and sex outside of marriage and many other vile, vulgar and inappropriate ways which defile their body – temple and dishonor God. i did not single out homosexuality.

3. Mikhail Gorbachev:

   There are dangerous trends - they are all in plain sight. I would single out two. They are the disregard for international law and the militarization of world politics.

4. Oscar Melhado:

   We don't have to single out anyone, if we do that for China, we have to do that for (Freeport-McMoRan's) Tenke Fungurume. We have to do that for Glencore.

5. Jeff Sessions:

   The IRS’s use of these criteria as a basis for heightened scrutiny was wrong and should never have occurred, it is improper for the IRS to single out groups for different treatment based on their names or ideological positions.