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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a single match" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to one instance of a match, whether in a literal sense (like a match for lighting a fire) or in a figurative sense (like a match in a game or competition).
Example: "After searching for hours, I finally found a single match in the drawer to light the candle."
Alternatives: "one match" or "a lone match".
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Come New Year's Day, not a single match was played.
And certainly rarely more than once in a single match.
SM Looking back and realising poor Rickie Fowler didn't win a single match.
A lone smoker lighted up the underground lounge with the strike of a single match.
A single match report contained all of the following words: dream, fable, paradise, fantasy.
On a map her entire territory can be covered by a single match box.
Some players will play two or three different positions in a single match.
This was a single match and Barcelona's lead is just two points with 25 games left.
Up to that point, Colorado had not lost a single match at home the entire year.
Highlights on the BBC draw millions more than a single match on pay-TV.
Australia, it was clear after a single match, are playing a different brand of cricket.
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