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single man

American  

noun

Checkers.
  1. an individual checker restricted to forward moves, as contrasted with a king.


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Or elevate a single man as head honcho?

From Los Angeles Times

Women at the time said they looked at every single man with trepidation, and police officers were stationed on many of the town's roads.

From BBC

Dean’s breakthrough single, “Man I Need,” peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and drove her album “The Art of Loving” to No. 3 on the Billboard 200.

From Los Angeles Times

He went into the nonmagical world—the Immortal has often traveled, to learn about the world in its entirety, and spent whole lives in the nonmagical Continents—and found a single man of genius.

From Literature

Her first number one single, Man I Need, topped the UK singles chart for 10 weeks and was named Radio 1's biggest song of the year for 2025.

From BBC