Adjective
a onetime actor now turned singer
with any luck, that was a onetime mistake Adverb
an athlete who onetime competed in marathons on a regular basis
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Adjective
Recent notable non-doms include former HSBC Holdings Plc Chief Executive Officer Stuart Gulliver and onetime Conservative Party Deputy Chairman Michael Ashcroft.—Eli Joseph, Fortune Europe, 6 June 2024 California Allensworth, a onetime Black utopia, could rise again from the Central Valley dust
Feb. 20, 2023
After several years of growth, the town faltered and eventually emptied amid a water shortage, the loss of rail service and the death of Col. Allensworth in a traffic accident.—Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2024
Adverb
The son of Black Panther parents and a onetime performing arts student turned hip-hop backup dancer, Mr. Shakur had broken out as a solo artist in the early 1990s with a unique blend of introspective street poetry and young man’s fury.—Jill Cowan, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2023 Email Featured Presentations Ahsoka The fifth live-action Star Wars show to hit Disney’s streaming service centers on onetime Padawan Ahsoka Tano, first played by Rosario Dawson on The Mandalorian; vets of that show Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni developed this eight-episode limited series.—James Grebey, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2023 See all Example Sentences for onetime
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