The creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in 1949 remains a singular example of enlightened statecraft.
In fact, I would argue that the Save Darfur movement is a singular example of successful activism (thanks, in part, to the likes of Newcomb and Norris).
Architecturally, it is a singular example of Russian design in the years before Genghis Khan swept across the steppes: compact and simple, a white stucco box with unassuming caps on its three drums instead of the more flamboyant and common onion domes.
A functional 3-D printed bionic arm is a stunning achievement, but until it becomes more of a norm in the creation and availability of prostheses, it stands as a singular example rather than a statement of sweeping change.
The Prince's peculiar arms was a "singular example of quartering differenced arms, [which] is not in accordance with the rules of Heraldry, and is in itself an heraldic contradiction".
Hers is a singular example of literary independence.
And Mr. James is not a singular example.
First up is Alex Garland's Annihilation, due out in February, which would merit a place solely because the British film-maker's last effort, Ex Machina, was a singular example of a cerebral, gripping futuristic think piece.
But the country stands as a singular example of the way venerable distinctions of ethnicity, sect and history can be manipulated in the Arab world, often cynically, in the pursuit of power.
However, some are using the Macklemore story to paint a narrative of one singular example of rap's potential for positivity in a sea of endlessly destructive music.
