single paragraph

collocation in English

meaningsofsingleandparagraph

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single
adjective
uk
/ˈsɪŋ.ɡəl/us
/ˈsɪŋ.ɡəl/
one ...
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paragraph
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpær.ə.ɡrɑːf/us
/ˈper.ə.ɡræf/
a short part of a text, consisting of at least one sentence and beginning on a new line. It usually deals with a single event, description, ...
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(Definition ofsingleandparagraphfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsingle paragraph

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The interpretation can be distorted by thatsingleparagraph.
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I have seen scarcely asingleparagraphin any newspaper in favour of the boards.
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Let me give their conclusion in asingleparagraphwhich was adopted with unanimity.
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Thatsingleparagraphcrystallises the practical problems with the social fund.
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I shall say no more than asingleparagraphabout this.
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I shall be very grateful if he will tell us, because we have not noticed it in asingleparagraph.
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Indeed, not only is that asingleparagraph, it is also a single complex and somewhat inelegant sentence.
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I have not heard a single word, asingleparagraph, instanced to support the introduction of this particular reform.
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There is not asingleparagraphor a single proposal, virtually, that does not go against some carefully given pledge.
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Incidentally, it dealt with them in asingleparagraphin its submission to my right honourable friend at the appeal stage.
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There is one heading in the agreement covering advertising, but there is not asingleparagraphthere to restrict, limit or control the industry's advertising.
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Full of spelling mistakes, each chapter was also written as asingleparagraph.
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Its length may vary from asingleparagraphto a substantial essay.
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More advanced layout programs allow users to format more complex paragraphs with asingleparagraphstyle.
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The text of the agreement, which is thirteen paragraphs long, includes asingleparagraphon the subject of detargeting.
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In those thirteen years, she published almost 200 pieces, fromsingleparagraphreviews of current exhibitions, catalog essays, and book reviews.
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The 25 sections in-between, ranging from asingleparagraphto 12 pages in length, are designed to be read in any order.
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For example, it is common to print postal addresses in a multiple-line format, but the several lines are understood to be asingleparagraph.
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No statistics are given for the drow in this book, apart from the statistics for normal elves, and only asingleparagraphis written about them.
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When many revision marks are present on a single page, or within asingleparagraphor scene, the marks may be consolidated into a single mark.
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