1
as in only
being the one or ones of a class with no other members
that's the one author I would stand in line for hours to get an autograph from
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2
as in certain
known but not named
one person that I know said that it was the best movie he had ever seen
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Rachel Flynn, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
And those are the ones most likely to receive pardons.
—Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 6 Jan. 2025
SI.com, 3 Aug. 2019
Decisions made by engineers today, in other words, will determine not how one car drives but how all cars drive.
—Johannes Himmelreich, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Mar. 2018
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Noun
Winslet’s nominations are the only ones either project received.
—Rachel Flynn, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
And those are the ones most likely to receive pardons.
—Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 6 Jan. 2025
Adjective
Drinkwater didn't make one appearance in a Chelsea shirt last season, whilst Bakayoko spent the season in Italy on loan at AC Milan.
—SI.com, 3 Aug. 2019
Decisions made by engineers today, in other words, will determine not how one car drives but how all cars drive.
—Johannes Himmelreich, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Mar. 2018
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Hon Hai Precision Industry, which does business as Foxconn internationally, said in a Sunday statement that the company’s fourth-quarter revenue totaled 2.1 trillion New Taiwan dollars ($63.9 billion), growing 15% year over year.Ryan Browne, CNBC, 6 Jan. 2025
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The litigation, which is ongoing, has cost Freeman several hundred thousand dollars and the defendants more than a million dollars.Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
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His splitter remains one of the game's elite pitches, and proof that throwing hard isn't the only path to success.Newsweek, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
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The only member of the cast who sounded truly Verdian was the baritone Quinn Kelsey as Aida’s father, the captive king Amonasro.Justin Davidson, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
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Other types of cancer that are linked to alcohol use include colorectal, liver, esophageal, stomach, and certain types of head and neck cancers.Cassie Shortsleeve, SELF, 3 Jan. 2025
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Ross pointed to past articles that have suggested one glass of red wine a day can help protect against certain types of heart disease.Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 3 Jan. 2025
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One billion bucks is about what December managed, right at our projection.Tom Brueggemann, IndieWire, 2 Jan. 2025
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The tactic that bags one buck won’t be right for a different one.Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 1 Jan. 2025
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In his lone year as a defensive coordinator, his 2017 Houston Texans defense underwhelmed.Chad Graff, The Athletic, 1 Jan. 2025
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The plane had 181 people on board, and just two lone survivors – identified as 32-year-old Lee and 25-year-old Kwon, both flight attendants – were pulled from the tail end of the fiery aircraft alive.Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 30 Dec. 2024
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In late December, On3 reported that Ewers, who could turn pro and declare for the NFL draft this month, has been offered $6 million by an unnamed school to enter the NCAA’s transfer portal and sign to play another season of college there.Andrew Greif, NBC News, 9 Jan. 2025
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Comments in Hill’s upload ultimately support the unnamed girl and condemn the church for the public shame.DeMicia Inman, VIBE.com, 8 Jan. 2025
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Spanish soccer giant Real Madrid has made the first contact necessary to sound out a potential transfer involving Atalanta's Brazilian powerhouse Ederson according to AS, which cited anonymous sources.Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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Making the budget work required pulling the most out of some largely anonymous figures.Nick Kosmider, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
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“One.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/one. Accessed 14 Jan. 2025.
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