1
as in occasional
happening only once
with any luck, that was a onetime mistake
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2
as in former
having been such at some previous time
the onetime English teacher now works for a newspaper
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Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
Some of the recent gains are due to folks leaving their higher-tax hometowns for Florida’s lower rates, like former Seattle resident Jeff Bezos and onetime Chicagoan Ken Griffin.
—Monica Hunter-Hart, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Jill Cowan, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2023
Email Featured Presentations Ahsoka The fifth live-action Star Wars show to hit Disney’s streaming service centers on onetime Padawan Ahsoka Tano, first played by Rosario Dawson on The Mandalorian; vets of that show Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni developed this eight-episode limited series.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2023
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Adjective
The onetime Trojan has received welcoming messages from a litany of former Bruins, including Baron Davis, Ryan Hollins, Matt Barnes and Bill Walton before Walton passed away in May.
—Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
Some of the recent gains are due to folks leaving their higher-tax hometowns for Florida’s lower rates, like former Seattle resident Jeff Bezos and onetime Chicagoan Ken Griffin.
—Monica Hunter-Hart, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
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The son of Black Panther parents and a onetime performing arts student turned hip-hop backup dancer, Mr. Shakur had broken out as a solo artist in the early 1990s with a unique blend of introspective street poetry and young man’s fury.
—Jill Cowan, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2023
Email Featured Presentations Ahsoka The fifth live-action Star Wars show to hit Disney’s streaming service centers on onetime Padawan Ahsoka Tano, first played by Rosario Dawson on The Mandalorian; vets of that show Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni developed this eight-episode limited series.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2023
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“Onetime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/onetime. Accessed 30 Oct. 2024.
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