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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Erroneously billed as The Final Chapter, this fourth film in the saga does everything an '80s slasher is supposed to do — namely, put a bunch of horny teenagers in a cabin and let Jason Voorhees pick them off one by one.
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Katie Rife, EW.com, 29 Oct. 2024
For three hours we were interrogated, one by one, in a small, windowless room.
—Clarissa Ward, CNN, 23 Oct. 2024
When both slits are open, the photons one by one build up an interference pattern on the plate, as if each photon had gone through both slits, wavelike, interfering with itself.
—Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
Firms will also have to vet their technology vendors one by one for cyber threats and vulnerabilities.
—Ryan Browne, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2024
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Katie Rife, EW.com, 29 Oct. 2024
For three hours we were interrogated, one by one, in a small, windowless room.
—Clarissa Ward, CNN, 23 Oct. 2024
When both slits are open, the photons one by one build up an interference pattern on the plate, as if each photon had gone through both slits, wavelike, interfering with itself.
—Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
Firms will also have to vet their technology vendors one by one for cyber threats and vulnerabilities.
—Ryan Browne, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2024
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“One by one.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/one%20by%20one. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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