once that

conjunction

: once

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Even once that is set, Boston can still cut struggling players as the team makes moves this offseason. Shaun McAvoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025 John Keegan, the great military historian, wrote once that, paradoxically, the German tactics upon retreat from the D-Day invasion were a kind of early working model for NATO to deflect a potential Soviet one. Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2025 Bruce said once that all of his songs are about a person trying to find and save some part of himself. Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 25 Oct. 2025 The goals become less attainable, morale can get low and once that happens, the season might as well be over. Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for once that

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First Known Use

1874, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of once that was in 1874

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“Once that.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/once%20that. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.

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