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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
Reuters, CNN, 26 Oct. 2024
Audrey then suggested that the onetime communications major try her hand at print journalism, while Jim implored their daughter to take night classes, brush up on her computer skills, and find herself a cushy office job.
—Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 26 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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Ivanishvili, Georgian Dream’s reclusive billionaire founder and onetime prime minister, claimed victory and praised the Georgian people.
—Reuters, CNN, 26 Oct. 2024
Audrey then suggested that the onetime communications major try her hand at print journalism, while Jim implored their daughter to take night classes, brush up on her computer skills, and find herself a cushy office job.
—Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 26 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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Azealia Banks, lightning rod and occasional oracle, is voting for Kamala Harris despite not liking her and previously supporting Trump.Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2024
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Kelly was once a respected journalist at Fox News, one of the network’s occasional examples of a more fair-and-balanced news person, as opposed to the far-right musings of Sean Hannity and the like.Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
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When the teacher assigns a research project about a local landmark, Barret Eloise and her former friend, along with two boys, choose the scary old Rathfield Manor.Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 10 Nov. 2024
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Evans, 38, an Army veteran and former Arvada police officer, campaigned on hot-topic issues including free speech, gun rights and American security.Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
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Earlier Tuesday, Min took to X (formerly known as Twitter) to thank and encourage his supporters.Hanna Kang, Orange County Register, 5 Nov. 2024
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The other race, for an open seat in Orange County formerly held by Democrat Katie Porter, features a tight race between Democratic state Sen. Dave Min and Scott Baugh, a longtime GOP operative. 5) Who will win Silicon Valley’s coveted House seat?Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 5 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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Carlson’s guest that night was Megyn Kelly, one of his erstwhile Fox News colleagues.Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 1 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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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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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 22 Nov. 2024.
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