one by one
idiom
: separately in a series : one at a time : first one and then another one, etc.
I solved the problems one by one.
The performers took the stage one by one.
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Questions were fielded, concerns aired, and one by one, the reservations fell away.
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
Images released by authorities of the firearms seized show rows of long rifles and handguns, lined up one by one.
—Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
The young men naturally start out strongly, but exhaustion, physical infirmities and psychological stress eventually take their toll on them one by one.
—Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
The Dead Don't Die In Jim Jarmusch's absurdist apocalypse comedy, flesh-craving zombies raid the once-tranquil town of Centerville, picking off its residents one by one.
—James Mercadante, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
Images released by authorities of the firearms seized show rows of long rifles and handguns, lined up one by one.
—Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
The young men naturally start out strongly, but exhaustion, physical infirmities and psychological stress eventually take their toll on them one by one.
—Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
The Dead Don't Die In Jim Jarmusch's absurdist apocalypse comedy, flesh-craving zombies raid the once-tranquil town of Centerville, picking off its residents one by one.
—James Mercadante, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
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“One by one.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/one%20by%20one. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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