one of the only
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: 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.
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Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Close-by Parsons Elementary School offers one of the only Korean-language immersion programs in Georgia.
—Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2024
WandaVision took Wanda, one of the only female Avengers, seriously.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 31 Oct. 2024
Raising Cane’s reopened its first shuttered location in just two weeks, and got a sales boost from being one of the only restaurants available to locals, says Graves.
—Tom Huddleston Jr.,natalie Wu, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2024
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“One of the only.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/one%20of%20the%20only. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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