The phrase "advanced a single" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to describe progress or improvement in a singular aspect, but it lacks context to be effectively used.
Example: "The team advanced a single point in the competition, which was crucial for their overall ranking."
Alternatives: "made progress in one area" or "improved a single aspect".
Trump vowed to roll back the Affordable Care Act on his first day in office, but the White House never advanced a single substantive health-care proposal, relying instead on Congress, which failed multiple times to enact changes into law.
In excerpts from an interview with Le Figaro published online Monday evening, he said that neither France nor the United States had advanced "a single piece of evidence" linking his government to chemical weapons use, and that a strike on his country would have unknowable consequences.
For Professor Sophonisba Breckinridge, professional education, research into social problems, and direct work on behalf of the social services all advanced a single objective the betterment of the welfare program so that the vulnerable in our society might lead richer lives.
"The world has never advanced a single inch in the right direction, when the movement could not be traced to some such small beginning".
Five years after the Affordable Care Act was enacted, Republicans have not advanced a single alternative, in large part because maintaining the law's current protections for consumers while also cutting costs is extremely difficult.
Five years after the Affordable Care Act was enacted, Republicans in Congress have not advanced a single alternative, in large part because maintaining the law's current protections for consumers while also cutting costs is extremely difficult.
What matters, in other words, is improving understanding of the whole rather than advancing a single area of inquiry.
Your editorial does not advance a single compelling argument as to why ground zero should honor anyone but the innocents killed on Sept. 11.
And apart from a Republican radio and television campaign aimed at youthful voters in about a dozen states, neither party is running national commercials advancing a single campaign message.
Facebook's CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, has defended the company's willingness to comply with government censorship requests by advancing "a single guiding principle: we want to give the most voice to the most people".
Two months later, the families of the children who perished in the Sandy Hook shooting watched as the US senate failed to advance a single measure to reduce gun violence – despite holding consecutive votes on bills designed to expand background checks, ban assault weapons, limit high-capacity ammunition and prevent illegal gun trafficking across state lines.
