one of the only

idiom

: one of very few : one in a small class or category

That was one of the only times I ever saw my father cry.

This is one of the only places in the world where the plant is found.

Examples of one of the only in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The stock market is the one of the only methods to keep up, in the long term, with increasing prices and inflation. —Rachel Raposas, People.com, 4 Apr. 2025

Only five games into his major league career, Campbell has been one of the only bright spots for an ice-cold Red Sox offense. —Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 2 Apr. 2025

So far, Hugo Boss is one of the only fashion brands to sponsor a baseball player, in this case, the wildly popular Los Angeles Dodgers slugger and pitcher Shohei Ohtani, who signed on as an ambassador in February. —Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 31 Mar. 2025

Judge is one of the only players in the league who deserves to have this kind of confidence. —Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2025

Rhymes for one of the only

• lonely