1
as in only
being the one or ones of a class with no other members
that's the one author I would stand in line for hours to get an autograph from
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2
as in certain
known but not named
one person that I know said that it was the best movie he had ever seen
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Recent Examples of one
Leo Barraclough, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
To the shock of no one, the entire room was happy to oblige.
—Patrick Gomez, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Nov. 2025
SI.com, 3 Aug. 2019
Decisions made by engineers today, in other words, will determine not how one car drives but how all cars drive.
—Johannes Himmelreich, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Mar. 2018
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Noun
In fact, the last one is for real as the aspiring thespians eventually discover.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
To the shock of no one, the entire room was happy to oblige.
—Patrick Gomez, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Nov. 2025
Adjective
Drinkwater didn't make one appearance in a Chelsea shirt last season, whilst Bakayoko spent the season in Italy on loan at AC Milan.
—SI.com, 3 Aug. 2019
Decisions made by engineers today, in other words, will determine not how one car drives but how all cars drive.
—Johannes Himmelreich, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Mar. 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for one
Noun
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By the following year, the FBI had recovered millions of dollars extorted from Colonial Pipeline by Darkside.—
Charlotte Reck,
CNN Money,
9 Nov. 2025
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What makes a lasagna recipe worth a million dollars?—
Lizzy Briskin,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The only person ever executed in Israel was Adolf Eichmann, a key architect of the Holocaust, who was hanged in 1962 after he famously was captured by Israeli intelligence agents in Argentina and subsequently convicted in a landmark trial.—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2025
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The Mavs are in desperate need of some good PR, and, at this point, their only move isn’t another PR person but to offer up a GM that the people cannot stand.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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In certain sources, silence speaks loudly.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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However, StyleCaster may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes.—
Jessie Quinn,
StyleCaster,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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This can be a good way to find a lower-cost option, such as a neighborhood kid looking to earn a few extra bucks.—
Cody Godwin,
USA Today,
10 Nov. 2025
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And so, in a sense, the buck stops with her.—
Belinda Luscombe,
Time,
10 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The lone wire fraud charge accuses Lillig of fraudulently acquiring a gift card worth $500 in November 2020.—
Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
6 Nov. 2025
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Twelve years ago, his field-stretching threat and an 87-yard kickoff return for a touchdown assisted Seattle’s lone Super Bowl victory.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Planet Nero serves as the backdrop for the action-adventure, which will include original songs from an unnamed K-pop producer.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
4 Nov. 2025
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The top of the mountain, also as yet unnamed, is the perfect spot from which to observe evolution.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Chris Robinson, whose group, the Black Crowes, didn’t get enough voter support for a 2025 induction and were near the very bottom of Vulture’s anonymous Rock Hall ballot.—
Devon Ivie,
Vulture,
9 Nov. 2025
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Israeli media, citing anonymous officials, have reported that Hamas was delaying the release of Goldin's body in hopes of negotiating safe passage for more than 100 militants surrounded by Israeli forces and trapped in the enclave's southernmost city of Rafah.—
NPR,
NPR,
9 Nov. 2025
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“One.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/one. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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