Talk:sole survivor

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sole survivor

"Sole" means "only". Equinox ◑ 04:35, 8 July 2015 (UTC)

But it is only used in situations where a large number of people have died, right? Doesn't that make it idiomatic? ---> Tooironic (talk) 05:00, 8 July 2015 (UTC)

I can find uses in situations where only two people died (1, 2 (warning, autoplaying video), 3), so I wouldn't say so. Smurrayinchester (talk) 05:37, 8 July 2015 (UTC)

• Delete. There's nothing truly idiomatic here. "Sole", like "only", often implies one or more others of a contrary nature. Consider the following e.g.'s from a New York Times search:

  - South Korea chose a state-run aircraft maker on Monday as the sole preferred bidder.

  - Her departure leaves Judge Eugene F. Pigott Jr. the sole Republican on the seven-member panel.

  - Seventy years after the United States invented uranium enrichment, the sole American company in the business is struggling.

  - And 18 percent said they were their household's sole provider.

  - The bank will be the sole advertiser on NYMag.com.

-- · (talk) 05:52, 8 July 2015 (UTC)

Delete. - -sche (discuss) 03:17, 16 July 2015 (UTC)

deleted -- Liliana • 09:29, 5 September 2015 (UTC)