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: limited to a single time, occasion, or instance : one-shot
one-off gigs
a one-off payment
one-off
noun
Examples of one-off in a Sentence
an actress who commissioned a one-off dress from the designer for the Oscars
the tour is a one-off event to commemorate the band's 20th anniversary
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This suggests that any potential offer would include an annual payment of over $600 million to Greenland, upping costs from a one-off payment to a yearly commitment.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
There have been one-off designs that include small screens to help with selfies or to offer notification alerts, and some gaming smartphones have used the space for peripherals to pull heat quickly away when the phone is under heavy load.
—Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025
Zimbabwe have not played Test cricket against a ‘big three’ country since 2005, but will break that drought next month against England in a one-off Test match at Trent Bridge.
—Tristan Lavalette, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
The resulting digital isolation of 14,000 residents for six weeks was not an one-off episode.
—John Calabrese, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2025
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
There have been one-off designs that include small screens to help with selfies or to offer notification alerts, and some gaming smartphones have used the space for peripherals to pull heat quickly away when the phone is under heavy load.
—Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025
Zimbabwe have not played Test cricket against a ‘big three’ country since 2005, but will break that drought next month against England in a one-off Test match at Trent Bridge.
—Tristan Lavalette, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
The resulting digital isolation of 14,000 residents for six weeks was not an one-off episode.
—John Calabrese, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for one-off
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“One-off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/one-off. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.
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