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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
Dominic Patten, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2024
Chicago City Council voted to pass Mayor Brandon Johnson's $17.3 billion budget proposal on Monday, but not before opponents and onetime allies took turns criticizing the process and Johnson's leadership.
—Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 17 Dec. 2024
Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2024
But, as onetime Colorado 5th Congressional District candidate Katrina Nguyen noted, Kennedy initially sought to run as a Democrat.
—Seth Klamann, The Denver Post, 20 Sep. 2024
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Still, for Combs, the onetime hitmaker-turned-mogul, whose rap, media and fashion empire was in free fall in recent years, continues to face dozens and dozens of civil suits — most filed by Texas lawyer Tony Buzbee.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2024
Chicago City Council voted to pass Mayor Brandon Johnson's $17.3 billion budget proposal on Monday, but not before opponents and onetime allies took turns criticizing the process and Johnson's leadership.
—Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 17 Dec. 2024
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The Social Network famously depicted a dramatized version of Mark Zuckerberg's founding of Facebook and the subsequent legal battles over the social media network; Jesse Eisenberg, starred as Zuckerberg, while Timberlake played Parker, the founder of Napster and onetime Facebook president.
—Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2024
But, as onetime Colorado 5th Congressional District candidate Katrina Nguyen noted, Kennedy initially sought to run as a Democrat.
—Seth Klamann, The Denver Post, 20 Sep. 2024
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An occasional one among us males will pitch in to place the silverware or perhaps fill the water glasses.Mike Masterson, arkansasonline.com, 24 Dec. 2024
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Monitor Santa's progress on the live map on NORAD's website, or follow occasional updates throughout the day on the agency's Facebook, X, Instagram and YouTube pages.Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 24 Dec. 2024
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Lake, a former TV broadcaster who narrowly lost the 2022 gubernatorial race, has been a prominent surrogate for Trump’s presidential campaign, appearing in Iowa and New Hampshire, and has been mentioned as a possible vice-presidential pick.Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 17 Dec. 2024
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Trump said he's taken more than 100 congratulatory calls from his former and future counterparts since the November election.Francesca Chambers, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
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Under a partnership between the two (formerly warring, but now friendly) TV academies, the qualifications required for membership in the peer groups that exist in both organizations — Children’s Animation, Children’s Live Action, Daytime, and Documentary — will be identical.Michael Schneider, Variety, 18 Dec. 2024
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These ingredients are crafted by Scottish distiller Shane Fraser, who formerly was distillery manager of the Scottish distillery Wolfburn.Erik Ofgang, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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And that means democracy will always be in with a fighting chance — because sometimes manipulating an election can backfire, as Sheikh Hasina, the erstwhile prime minister of Bangladesh, learned this year.Ben Ansell, NPR, 20 Dec. 2024
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On Wednesday, Albertsons terminated the deal and sued Kroger, alleging its erstwhile partner didn’t do enough to secure regulators’ blessing.Steve Kopack, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2024
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Fans of this racing legend will once again see him behind the wheel of his iconic No. 8 late model car.Alex Harrington, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
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Now, the downfall of Syrian President Bashar Assad has created a situation that could once again reshape Israel’s borders.Josef Federman, Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 2024
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Perhaps the most striking comes from the Baltimore Experience Corps trial, a large experiment in which adults age 60 and older were randomly assigned to either volunteer at elementary schools or be put on a waiting list.Maria Godoy, NPR, 25 Dec. 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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“Onetime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/onetime. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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