one of us

noun phrase

: part of one's group and thus trustworthy
Don't worry—he's one of us.

Examples of one of us in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Each one of us can be an ambassador for the IEEE, telling people about how IEEE has helped us in our careers and benefits humanity. IEEE Spectrum, 1 June 2024 And here’s the thing that stands out: most of us had zero reasons to question the veracity of those files; Stewart was, at her core, one of us and as committed to the facts as ever. Philip Elliott, TIME, 20 May 2024 Several years ago one of us (Kelso) proposed that the birth of agency is a dynamic, self-organizing process and, together with the late physicist Armin Fuchs, developed a model of it. Aliza Sloan, Scientific American, 22 Mar. 2024 Neither one of us were medical [professionals], but I’ve been known to organize everything all of my life. Sandy Hazelip, Ellie Hamby, Travel + Leisure, 26 May 2024 Brian Jacobs, co-founder of the Emergence Capital VC firm and co-teacher of the Stanford VC class with one of us, estimates that his firm spends 400 hours on due diligence before making an investment. Ilya Strebulaev and Alex Dang, TIME, 22 May 2024 Conversations that used to be filled with encouragement now seem tinged with underlying resentment and jealousy when one of us gets an interview. Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 18 May 2024 As long as one of us is at the top, that makes the rest of us happy. Suzanne Stevens, Peoplemag, 16 May 2024 Either one of us could get canceled in the next two minutes. Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY, 14 May 2024

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“One of us.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/one%20of%20us. Accessed 17 Jun. 2024.

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