one-shot
adjective
1
: that is complete or effective through being done or used or applied only once
there is no easy one-shot answer to the problem
2
: that is not followed by something else of the same kind
a one-shot tax cut
one-shot
noun
Examples of one-shot in a Sentence
this offer is a one-shot deal; if you refuse, you won't get another chance
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Sunday at Pebble Beach is set to deliver an exciting finish, as the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am wraps up with Sepp Straka holding onto a one-shot lead over Shane Lowry and Rory McIlroy.
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David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Feb. 2025
The one-shot will provide donations to the California Community Foundation Wildfire Recovery Fund, the Latino Community Foundation, and the Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 27 Jan. 2025
The team contracts will also include salaries, travel stipends and health care, giving the X Games more of an NFL/NBA/MLB/NHL feel and less of the one-shot or two-shots-a-year approach more akin to boxing and combat sports.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2025
The one-shot technique helpfully circumvents those questions.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 14 Jan. 2025
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David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Feb. 2025
The one-shot will provide donations to the California Community Foundation Wildfire Recovery Fund, the Latino Community Foundation, and the Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 27 Jan. 2025
The team contracts will also include salaries, travel stipends and health care, giving the X Games more of an NFL/NBA/MLB/NHL feel and less of the one-shot or two-shots-a-year approach more akin to boxing and combat sports.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2025
The one-shot technique helpfully circumvents those questions.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 14 Jan. 2025
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“One-shot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/one-shot. Accessed 12 Feb. 2025.
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