one by one
idiom
: separately in a series : one at a time : first one and then another one, etc.
I solved the problems one by one.
The performers took the stage one by one.
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Advertisement The Santa Cruz strike would be the first of potentially several work stoppages that the union intends to launch one by one across campuses based on how receptive administrations are to pro-Palestinian activists’ demands.
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Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2024
Their push includes visits to dozens of House lawmakers' offices to tell their stories one by one in hopes of spreading the word that time is running out.
—Claudia Grisales, NPR, 16 May 2024
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First responders facilitated evacuations by allowing drivers to pass over the bridge one by one, at about 20 feet apart.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 16 May 2024
Around 11:30, the board members themselves began speaking on the issue, one by one.
—Campbell Robertson, New York Times, 10 May 2024
Throughout the video, Megan eliminates the young game players one by one, mimicking their avatar’s deaths in the game in a nod to both Jumanji (1995) and William Brent Bell’s Stay Alive (2006), a cult supernatural horror that follows the same premise.
—Aj Morris, Essence, 10 May 2024
For the first 20 years of their relationship, an infection in his mouth robbed him of teeth, one by one.
—Zach Dyer, CBS News, 9 May 2024
Venturing into schools one by one, 60-year-old Sean Cummings is on a mission to wipe out school lunch debts for kids.
—Ronnie Li, USA TODAY, 3 May 2024
Mayhem broke out as police took down tents, one by one.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 2 May 2024
Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2024
Their push includes visits to dozens of House lawmakers' offices to tell their stories one by one in hopes of spreading the word that time is running out.
—Claudia Grisales, NPR, 16 May 2024
Map: Where ongoing water crises are happening in the US right now
First responders facilitated evacuations by allowing drivers to pass over the bridge one by one, at about 20 feet apart.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 16 May 2024
Around 11:30, the board members themselves began speaking on the issue, one by one.
—Campbell Robertson, New York Times, 10 May 2024
Throughout the video, Megan eliminates the young game players one by one, mimicking their avatar’s deaths in the game in a nod to both Jumanji (1995) and William Brent Bell’s Stay Alive (2006), a cult supernatural horror that follows the same premise.
—Aj Morris, Essence, 10 May 2024
For the first 20 years of their relationship, an infection in his mouth robbed him of teeth, one by one.
—Zach Dyer, CBS News, 9 May 2024
Venturing into schools one by one, 60-year-old Sean Cummings is on a mission to wipe out school lunch debts for kids.
—Ronnie Li, USA TODAY, 3 May 2024
Mayhem broke out as police took down tents, one by one.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 2 May 2024
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