1
as in only
being the one or ones of a class with no other members
that's the one author I would stand in line for hours to get an autograph from
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2
as in certain
known but not named
one person that I know said that it was the best movie he had ever seen
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Recent Examples of one
David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Jan. 2025
That in mind, Sony and co-financier Macro Film Studios kept costs low on this one with a $14 million production budget.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 18 Jan. 2025
SI.com, 3 Aug. 2019
Decisions made by engineers today, in other words, will determine not how one car drives but how all cars drive.
—Johannes Himmelreich, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Mar. 2018
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Noun
As far as live service games go, this one looks like a premium game.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Jan. 2025
That in mind, Sony and co-financier Macro Film Studios kept costs low on this one with a $14 million production budget.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 18 Jan. 2025
Adjective
Drinkwater didn't make one appearance in a Chelsea shirt last season, whilst Bakayoko spent the season in Italy on loan at AC Milan.
—SI.com, 3 Aug. 2019
Decisions made by engineers today, in other words, will determine not how one car drives but how all cars drive.
—Johannes Himmelreich, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Mar. 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for one
Noun
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Some workers are out hundreds or even thousands of dollars.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
18 Jan. 2025
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Adams has shown a remarkable indifference toward early-childhood education, slicing hundreds of millions of dollars from the city’s 3-K and U.P.K. programs even as COVID-era federal stimulus funds for early-childhood programs were expiring.—
Jessica Winter,
The New Yorker,
18 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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In 1892, he was elected once again, becoming the 24th president of the U.S. and the only former president to be restored to the office — until Trump’s victory in the 2024 election.—
Bailey Richards,
People.com,
20 Jan. 2025
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The only results, so far, have been the sketch of an E.U.-U.K. security pact and a bilateral deal with Germany, focussed mainly on defense and technology.—
Sam Knight,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The filmmaker dropped hints about certain archetypes that populate the movie, the musician channeling magic and the mystical qualities of twins, among them.—
Borys Kit,
The Hollywood Reporter,
28 Jan. 2025
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Heavy rains and thunderstorms are now forecast through Tuesday (Jan. 28), though the sudden showers have also triggered flood warnings in certain areas.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
28 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Free performance boosts would be nice, but if Nintendo wants to charge a few bucks for a substantial upgrade to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, that sounds great.—
Jordan Minor,
PCMAG,
18 Jan. 2025
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Inflation Because what went up hasn’t come down, eggs are still three bucks (or more) a dozen and a trip to the market causes chills and sweats.—
Eli Amdur,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Meanwhile, the Jets haven’t played in a Super Bowl since their lone win in January 1969.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
26 Jan. 2025
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Morley, however, sees the unreleased files as a potential treasure trove of information that could undermine the lone gunman theory.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
25 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The bureau identified three other suspects in the surveillance operation, including two unnamed hardware engineers and a financier, a woman known as Wang.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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The deluge, directed at an unnamed Cloudflare customer, came from 13,000 IoT devices infected by a variant of Mirai, a potent piece of malware with a long history of delivering massive DDoSes of once-unimaginable sizes.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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According to Bloomberg and Reuters, citing anonymous sources familiar with the matter, Trump is also planning to create a crypto advisory council shortly after taking office, and to review several regulations concerning the ownership of digital assets.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
20 Jan. 2025
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In the anonymous world of football message boards, anybody could be lurking.—
Phil Hay,
The Athletic,
20 Jan. 2025
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“One.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/one. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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