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Recent Examples of one-way
My bus to Atlantic City, Greyhound’s Lucky Streak — the $20 one-way to any casino with a $20 slot credit, the every-day deal now in its twenty-fifth year—is running a few tads late.
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Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 18 Dec. 2024
Shutting the government down is a one-way ticket to needless disruption of important functions.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
She’s lauded for her taste in fashion and shopping, and if Hadid likes a store, that’s pretty much a one-way ticket to widespread popularity.
—Aamina Inayat Khan, StyleCaster, 17 Dec. 2024
These deals are your one-way ticket to smelling like candy apple, snowflake, vanilla, peppermint goodness 24/7.
—Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 13 Dec. 2024
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Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 18 Dec. 2024
Shutting the government down is a one-way ticket to needless disruption of important functions.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
She’s lauded for her taste in fashion and shopping, and if Hadid likes a store, that’s pretty much a one-way ticket to widespread popularity.
—Aamina Inayat Khan, StyleCaster, 17 Dec. 2024
These deals are your one-way ticket to smelling like candy apple, snowflake, vanilla, peppermint goodness 24/7.
—Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 13 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for one-way
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In a night of high drama, lawmakers forced their way past nearly 300 troops deployed outside the National Assembly building, and unanimously voted to block the decree, which the president was legally bound to obey – effectively reversing the president’s unilateral order.Yoonjung Seo, CNN, 8 Dec. 2024
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Hegseth will, thus, occupy an even stronger position to engage with military threats to the United States with supporting economic policies that are not just unilateral executive actions by the Trump administration.S.L. Nelson, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Dec. 2024
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Initially a one-man endeavour, the first seismic shift in Wunderhorse’s trajectory took place when Slater decided to expand the project to a full band in the early days of creating Midas.Sophie Williams, Billboard, 9 Dec. 2024
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The regime had multiple branches of secret police, collectively called the Mukhabarat, which helped underpin its one-party, one-family, one-man rule.Rania Abouzeid, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
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But the relationship is less one-sided in the movie.Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2024
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That streak is now all but certain to reach seven consecutive wins after a four-touchdown game in primetime that was so one-sided the Bills pulled Allen to avoid risking injury with Buffalo leading 35-10 early in the fourth quarter.Andrew Greif, NBC News, 2 Dec. 2024
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Earnhardt's personal preference for specific tracks reflects his love for racing, especially at Florence Motor Speedway.Alex Harrington, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
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The distinguished field has its share of bad actors who have made news with their professional or personal wrongdoings.Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 25 Dec. 2024
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Popeye and Tintin will soon be free to roam, punch, and investigate without a single copyright holder in sight.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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Yet the two didn’t have a single chemistry read before being cast together.Matt Minton, Variety, 17 Dec. 2024
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For decades, heroes—on screen and in life—embodied solitary strength.Nirit Cohen, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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Entertainment & Arts Best of 2024: Eleven bright spots in classical music during a dark, complicated year Dec. 5, 2024 The gloomy film begins and ends with Callas’ solitary death.Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2024
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One facial recognition system for primates already delivers individual classification (ability to identify the individual) from 41 different primate specifies with 94% accuracy.David G.W. Birch, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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Postecoglou is not to blame for those individual errors.Jay Harris, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
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“One-way.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/one-way. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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