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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When, one by one, the governments in the region fell over the past four years, the new juntas found criticism of their military partners was easy to exploit for political gain.
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Ruth MacLean, New York Times, 7 June 2024
The president and first lady Jill Biden greeted the veterans one by one, snapping photos with them and thanking them for their service.
—Justin Gomez, ABC News, 6 June 2024
Union demands The union is launching campus strikes one by one and has threatened to call on members on all campuses to strike through June 30.
—Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2024
This new study found that, for the most part, the teeth are replaced on a regular pattern, moving one by one from the back teeth to the front and skipping a tooth every time.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 29 May 2024
As fighting continued to flare along the Russia-Ukraine border on Saturday, civilians fleeing for their lives stepped out of evacuation vans one by one, some on unsteady legs.
—Jeffrey Gettleman Emile Ducke, New York Times, 11 May 2024
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.
—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
Ruth MacLean, New York Times, 7 June 2024
The president and first lady Jill Biden greeted the veterans one by one, snapping photos with them and thanking them for their service.
—Justin Gomez, ABC News, 6 June 2024
Union demands The union is launching campus strikes one by one and has threatened to call on members on all campuses to strike through June 30.
—Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2024
This new study found that, for the most part, the teeth are replaced on a regular pattern, moving one by one from the back teeth to the front and skipping a tooth every time.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 29 May 2024
As fighting continued to flare along the Russia-Ukraine border on Saturday, civilians fleeing for their lives stepped out of evacuation vans one by one, some on unsteady legs.
—Jeffrey Gettleman Emile Ducke, New York Times, 11 May 2024
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.
—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
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