How to Use one-way in a Sentence
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Most bridge users are assessed a $2.75 one-way toll across the bridge.
— John Sharp | Jsharp@al.com, al, 25 Aug. 2023 -
This one-way fare covers the cost of the entire Uber trip.
— Noor Adatia, Dallas News, 16 Feb. 2023 -
The fee for that route runs around $35 one-way, and as much as $78 for business class.
— John Sharp | Jsharp@al.com, al, 9 Sep. 2023 -
No longer does email have to be just a one-way push channel.
— Pratik Bhadra, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024 -
Cheap one-way flights can be found from the Boise Airport to cities for less than $100.
— Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 6 June 2024 -
That means its one-way road trip range is roughly 238 miles.
— Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 3 Feb. 2024 -
Progress, to him, is a one-way street, to be achieved at whatever cost must be paid.
— Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2023 -
But the conversation feels more one-way now, from me to you.
— Hazlitt, 7 Feb. 2024 -
The nearest big-box store is a 120-mile drive, one-way, from the tribe’s most populous town.
— Shane Mitchell, Saveur, 6 Dec. 2023 -
Lott said last month the city was eliminating the one-way cycle tracks that had been part of the plan.
— Luz Lazo, Washington Post, 13 May 2023 -
Running the iron over your hair too many times will buy you a one-way ticket to Damageville.
— Lisa Desantis, Glamour, 15 Oct. 2024 -
The flights listed below are one-way and cost under $100.
— Megan Rodriguez, San Antonio Express-News, 1 May 2023 -
Officers then approached as the driver turned the wrong way down a one-way street and stopped.
— Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 26 Sep. 2023 -
Then, officers approached as the driver turned the wrong way down a one-way street and stopped.
— Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2023 -
Just one-way, that route covers hundreds of millions of miles and takes over half a year, at best.
— Eva Botkin-Kowacki, Popular Science, 21 Feb. 2023 -
Alexa had been out with friends that Saturday night; the dirt-biker hit her on a one-way street.
— Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 6 May 2024 -
At that intersection, 8th and N streets are both one-way streets with three lanes.
— Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 14 May 2024 -
The six-hour trip starts at $400 per person, one-way; this includes a three-course meal, drinks, and a head-and-shoulder massage.
— Michelle Jana Chan, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Feb. 2023 -
While acquiring some new wheels is still a one-way ticket to headache town, there’s good news on the horizon.
— Matt Crisara, Popular Mechanics, 5 May 2023 -
To celebrate the new flights, one-way fares start at just $72 for travel through July 31.
— Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 29 Mar. 2024 -
For a one-way ticket, the zone will cost an extra 45 euros, or just under $49.
— Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 29 Aug. 2023 -
But eggshells, coffee grounds, corncobs, and banana peels don’t have to get a one-way ticket to the landfill.
— Corinne Iozzio, Rolling Stone, 22 Apr. 2024 -
An officer spotted the pickup truck going the wrong way on a one-way street at 1:25 a.m.
— Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 9 Apr. 2024 -
The fees collected reach hundreds of thousands of dollars for a one-way trip.
— Jay Caruso, Washington Examiner, 4 Jan. 2024 -
Many of the hundreds of one-way attack drones Russia has used to bomb Ukraine within the last year are believed to have been made in Iran, as well.
— Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner, 18 Oct. 2023 -
After our initial meeting, Wen convinced me to come to New York and sent me a one-way ticket.
— Celia Shatzman, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024 -
The getaway car once waited in a handicapped zone, then sped off the wrong direction down a one-way street.
— Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024 -
There’s not much chemistry between Chopra Jonas and Heughan — and how could there be, since they’re stuck in a one-way conversation for half the movie?
— Peter Debruge, Variety, 4 May 2023 -
Prime Day Party Heels As the saying goes, the higher the heel, the closer to heaven—and these party pumps are your one-way ticket there.
— Maia Torres, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2023 -
Vessel movement has been restricted to daylight and one-way travel, slowing down the port’s ability to receive fuel.
— Matt Egan, CNN, 14 Oct. 2024
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