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as in occasional
happening only once
with any luck, that was a onetime mistake
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as in former
having been such at some previous time
the onetime English teacher now works for a newspaper
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Recent Examples of onetime
Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2024
Even with good behavior, the onetime billionaire Bad Boy Entertainment founder would likely remain behind bars until at least his late 60s.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2024
Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 17 July 2024
But as polls show softening Democratic support within that voter group, Trump and his allies are courting onetime Biden voters like Williams and James — cognizant that even a small shift in a state like Georgia could mean the difference between winning and losing.
—Maeve Reston, Washington Post, 30 June 2024
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Rand, in turn, showed this letter to Erik’s onetime appeals lawyer.
—Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2024
Even with good behavior, the onetime billionaire Bad Boy Entertainment founder would likely remain behind bars until at least his late 60s.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2024
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Vance, a freshman senator from Ohio and onetime Trump critic who has emerged in recent years as one of the former president’s most vocal and fervent backers, formally accepted the Republican nomination for vice president.
—Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 17 July 2024
But as polls show softening Democratic support within that voter group, Trump and his allies are courting onetime Biden voters like Williams and James — cognizant that even a small shift in a state like Georgia could mean the difference between winning and losing.
—Maeve Reston, Washington Post, 30 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for onetime
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Molly Higgins Millions of Americans, like me, spend their workdays on pursuits that lack any physical manifestation beyond the occasional hard-copy book or memo or report.Vince Beiser, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
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Fighting largely ceased after a March 2020 ceasefire, broken only by occasional Syrian government and Russian airstrikes.Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 29 Nov. 2024
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In today’s opinions newsletter: Who might run the federal government, a cushy bonus for a former University of Arizona president and the moral implications of mass deportation.Joanna Allhands, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
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So has there been any smack talk between Jackson and his former teammates this week?Danny Davis, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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Total Wireless, formerly known as Total by Verizon, is a prepaid, no-contract wireless provider with unlimited data covered by the Verizon 5G network.Molly Higgins, WIRED, 23 Nov. 2024
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The board also appointed Alesia Smith, formerly chief of schools, as deputy superintendent.Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 22 Nov. 2024
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There’s also a larger cultural pageant on the cards, this one embracing the entire region and masterminded by Joe Sidek, the erstwhile curator of the popular George Town Festival in Penang.Selina Denman, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Nov. 2024
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While Belichick, 72, and Hudson, 24, began dating after his relationship with Holliday ended, their romance made headlines during The Roast of Tom Brady on Netflix in May, when the former Patriots quarterback poked fun at his erstwhile coach.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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Until Denis Villeneuve came along, adapting Frank Herbert’s novel Dune into a workable movie seemed like an impossible dream, nobly attempted once by David Lynch under the supervision of producers Dino and Raffaella De Laurentiis but to little critical or commercial success.Scott Tobias, Vulture, 17 Nov. 2024
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Still, even simple flourishes like multiple color options were once rare.PCMAG, PCMAG, 17 Nov. 2024
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The show skips across the decades, dramatizing the interviews an older Dolours (Maxine Peake) did for a Boston College oral history of the Troubles, which were taped with the promise that they would be released only after participants’ deaths.Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
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By contrast, the prospect of citizenships and alliances—and perhaps conquests or crusades—structured around the opinions, beliefs, and subjective identities of ordinary people in times of peace would require a new (or very old) conception of empire.Henry A. Kissinger, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
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“Onetime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/onetime. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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