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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Still others pointed to red being a prominent GOP color, while some urged outspoken Trump hater Mark Hamill (the one and only Luke Skywalker) to comment on the matter.
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Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 4 May 2025
Longtime Law & Order fans will find a lot to like about the trailer that just dropped for the fifth season of the Organized Crime series, particularly the appearance of the one and only Mariska Hargitay.
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 9 Apr. 2025
In the one and only trial run, conducted in 1987, emergency squads managed to erect only a fraction of the necessary infrastructure.
—Jessi Jezewska Stevens, The Dial, 24 Apr. 2025
On March 6, 2019, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer decided to get his phone out and film his players for the one and only time in his career.
—Andy Mitten, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2025
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Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 4 May 2025
Longtime Law & Order fans will find a lot to like about the trailer that just dropped for the fifth season of the Organized Crime series, particularly the appearance of the one and only Mariska Hargitay.
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 9 Apr. 2025
In the one and only trial run, conducted in 1987, emergency squads managed to erect only a fraction of the necessary infrastructure.
—Jessi Jezewska Stevens, The Dial, 24 Apr. 2025
On March 6, 2019, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer decided to get his phone out and film his players for the one and only time in his career.
—Andy Mitten, New York Times, 20 Apr. 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 May. 2025.
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