the one and only
noun
—used before the name of a famous person to say that there is no one else like that person
the one and only Elvis Presley
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Some fans think that this person might be the one and only Travis Kelce.
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Caroline Bell, StyleCaster, 20 Mar. 2025
The highlight of the night was honoring the one and only Martha Stewart, radiant in pale blue Adam Lippes.
—Erin Michelle Newberg, Vogue, 19 Mar. 2025
Ramirez was the one and only suspect in the March 22, 2013 afternoon attack on 29-year-old Sandra Cruzes with a butcher knife in front of Cruzes’ apartment near North First and Hedding streets, not far from the county government, jail, and San Jose Police Department complexes.
—Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2025
But the idea of a woman who is kind of crippled, or is struggling physically, to have the one and only thing that is supporting her, kicked out from underneath her is so vile and hideous.
—Maelle Beauget-Uhl, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
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Caroline Bell, StyleCaster, 20 Mar. 2025
The highlight of the night was honoring the one and only Martha Stewart, radiant in pale blue Adam Lippes.
—Erin Michelle Newberg, Vogue, 19 Mar. 2025
Ramirez was the one and only suspect in the March 22, 2013 afternoon attack on 29-year-old Sandra Cruzes with a butcher knife in front of Cruzes’ apartment near North First and Hedding streets, not far from the county government, jail, and San Jose Police Department complexes.
—Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2025
But the idea of a woman who is kind of crippled, or is struggling physically, to have the one and only thing that is supporting her, kicked out from underneath her is so vile and hideous.
—Maelle Beauget-Uhl, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
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“The one and only.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20one%20and%20only. Accessed 27 Mar. 2025.
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