as in occasional
happening only once
this offer is a one-shot deal; if you refuse, you won't get another chance
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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.
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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
As most people know, most movie scenes are not one-shot wonders and require several takes.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 9 Jan. 2025
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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
As most people know, most movie scenes are not one-shot wonders and require several takes.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 9 Jan. 2025
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“One-shot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/one-shot. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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