once that

conjunction

: once

Examples of once that in a Sentence

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And once that started, that's when the wind really kicked up and the fire smoke got really thick, and the heat and it just there was no way to stay. Alexandra Rockey Fleming, People.com, 13 Jan. 2025 But once that storyline was resolved, viewers moved on. Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025 If your bowl is too deep, dense spices will sink to the bottom, meaning that guests will be dipping into a lot of plain oil before getting down to the good stuff (which will be highly concentrated once that oil disappears). Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2024 The elevated permissions required to perform certain system-level activities that need an admin account to authorize are granted on a just-in-time basis and revoked once that authorization has been completed. Davey Winder, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for once that

Word History

First Known Use

1874, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of once that was in 1874

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“Once that.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/once%20that. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.

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