Singled out means being chosen from a group for special attention or treatment. It can be for praise or blame, and often feels unfair because others were not treated the same.
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Companies are communities. Theres a spirit of working together. Communities are not a place where a few people allow themselves to be singled out as solely responsible for success. Henry Mintzberg
SOME YEARS, like some poets, and politicians and some lovely women, are singled out for fame far beyond the common lot, and 1929 was clearly such a year. John Kenneth Galbraith
Friendship is the positive and unalterable choice of a person whom we have singled out for qualities that we most admire. André Maurois
Anyone who creates something new or does something different artistically is going to be singled out. Carlisle Floyd
The British tend to shy away from the spotlight. We don't like being singled out in any way, and I think that is something which is important for me to learn to do. Damon Hill
As I was coming up on the stage, there was one source that could make or break you, the New York Times. Inevitably there would be one actor singled out for a better review, or worse, than somebody else. The effect of that was cancerous, divisive. Kevin Bacon