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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Kershaw doffed his cap, crossed his arms as if to give the entire crowd a hug, embraced his teammates one by one, popped back out of the dugout and tapped his heart, and waved to his wife Ellen and family in the second deck.
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Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 20 Sep. 2025
Since the grafts are taken one by one, there are no visible marks in the donor area.
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Slightly more than a decade ago, there was a spate of firings in the Russian media of more or less independent editors and producers who were one by one replaced by Putin loyalists.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2025
But one by one, they will eventually be loaded onto a truck and towed into the sunset.
—Nina Metz, Boston Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
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Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 20 Sep. 2025
Since the grafts are taken one by one, there are no visible marks in the donor area.
—Wyles Daniel, jsonline.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Slightly more than a decade ago, there was a spate of firings in the Russian media of more or less independent editors and producers who were one by one replaced by Putin loyalists.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2025
But one by one, they will eventually be loaded onto a truck and towed into the sunset.
—Nina Metz, Boston Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for one by one
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“One by one.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/one%20by%20one. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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