How to Use once that in a Sentence

once that

conjunction
  • So once that started hit, the anxiety started to creep up.
    Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 19 July 2024
  • But once that immediate hurdle is cleared, experts say, the company will have to do some serious reflection – and make some major investments – as a next step.
    Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 22 July 2024
  • The smell of the place, once that of old soup, was now the smell of human bodies.
    Leah Garchik, SFChronicle.com, 16 June 2020
  • What is the benefit for the customer once that is solved?
    Peter High, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2023
  • The dates for that closure will be announced once that part of the project is scheduled.
    Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Not to mention, lighting up two joints at once that were tossed her way from the crowd.
    Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 8 Nov. 2022
  • And Bassett didn’t stand a chance once that wave started.
    Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2023
  • Then once that next few minutes have passed the final ring tone sounds.
    Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2023
  • Details of the agreement will be revealed once that vote has taken place, the union said.
    Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 June 2022
  • And once that stand has been taken, companies should stick to their guns.
    Elliott Gotkine, CNN, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Jung reportedly said once that 99% of the shadow is pure gold.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 28 June 2024
  • But the mom of five said more than once that the most important thing was that both Caleb and Ladd would fully recover.
    Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2021
  • Because once that scene wraps, a mysterious shot of a blank screen pops up.
    Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 16 Oct. 2020
  • Harry suggests that Elys is just a friend, which leads to a very tense breakup once that info trickles down.
    Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 7 June 2024
  • But once that one went off, everybody was going crazy over here.
    Todd Kelly, The Arizona Republic, 12 Feb. 2023
  • And because the wings are not removable, once that happens the swaddle is no longer useful.
    Samson McDougall, Parents, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Alpine’s school board is drafting a policy to look at the books in question, and once that is in place, the books will formally reviewed.
    Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Aug. 2022
  • What will happen to the village once that permit expires is unclear.
    Alison Cross, Hartford Courant, 3 Mar. 2024
  • And once that happened, four firefighters went in and got him out within anywhere from two to four minutes.
    Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 29 Jan. 2024
  • And once that official recognition comes, things can then move a bit more rapidly.
    CBS News, 2 Apr. 2023
  • And once that gets ironed out, companies still have to train a possibly anxious workforce to use an AI tool some of them fear could take their job.
    Bypaolo Confino, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2024
  • Someone told me once that LAX has a secret terminal for celebrities.
    Vulture, 2 Feb. 2023
  • The teams arrived in Mobile on Tuesday afternoon and practiced once that night and twice today.
    Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al, 7 Dec. 2022
  • Also, there is a distant fear that once that structure was in place, other states could lobby for their own units, again expanding the costs.
    Lolita C. Baldor, Anchorage Daily News, 28 June 2022
  • Many conversations start like this, but once that first sentence is out of your mouth, the rest often doesn’t flow as easily.
    Sofia Quaglia, Popular Science, 29 June 2023
  • Those players aren’t on the 40-man roster, though, and won’t factor into this equation once that camp closes Sunday.
    Jon Meoli, baltimoresun.com, 22 Sep. 2020
  • The country’s health service would no longer be at risk of being overwhelmed by Covid-19 cases once that threshold is met, the newspaper said.
    Viren Vaghela, Bloomberg.com, 27 Dec. 2020
  • That’s important because once that photo leaves your phone, it will most likely be viewed as an SDR image.
    Allison Johnson, The Verge, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Presumably, once that charge was spotted, the charter was shut down and the teen was grounded until further notice.
    Louisa Ballhaus, Robb Report, 22 Mar. 2023
  • And once that song started going, then the box office started increasing.
    Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2024

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