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: limited to a single time, occasion, or instance : one-shot
one-off gigs
a one-off payment
one-off
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The annual event carries somewhat more significance this season, with the Giants set to take part in the Rickwood Classic, a one-off game at the oldest ballpark in the U.S., where Willie Mays and Robinson once played in the Negro Leagues.
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Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2024
Jakob Nowell, Gaugh and Wilson, according to People, are planning to continue to play together at various music festivals and one-off gigs in the years to come.
—Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 14 Apr. 2024
The group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012 but has never reunited for more than the occasional one-off performance since its original 1975 split.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 13 Apr. 2024
Another notable piece was a likely one-off Audemars Piguet bracelet watch that shattered pre-auction estimates to achieve $182,724.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 12 Apr. 2024
The point of at least part of this work, it’s understood in some quarters, is to help contribute to special interest publications, essentially Condé Nast’s versions of Time magazine’s one-off magazine on the future of medicine or an Us tribute to Matthew Perry or the royals.
—Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Apr. 2024
For Macdonald, the former football star accused of killing his ex-wife and a friend was more than a one-off joke.
—Geoff Edgers, Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2024
In the last few years the doc industry has favored a handful of big-name filmmakers, like Porter, who are commissioned to make one-off films or docuseries.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 6 Apr. 2024
The reason, experts say, is that the provincial government has over time developed a thick network of family-friendly benefits, going far beyond the one-off bonuses for babies that the national government offers.
—Gaia Pianigiani, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2024
Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2024
Jakob Nowell, Gaugh and Wilson, according to People, are planning to continue to play together at various music festivals and one-off gigs in the years to come.
—Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 14 Apr. 2024
The group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012 but has never reunited for more than the occasional one-off performance since its original 1975 split.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 13 Apr. 2024
Another notable piece was a likely one-off Audemars Piguet bracelet watch that shattered pre-auction estimates to achieve $182,724.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 12 Apr. 2024
The point of at least part of this work, it’s understood in some quarters, is to help contribute to special interest publications, essentially Condé Nast’s versions of Time magazine’s one-off magazine on the future of medicine or an Us tribute to Matthew Perry or the royals.
—Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Apr. 2024
For Macdonald, the former football star accused of killing his ex-wife and a friend was more than a one-off joke.
—Geoff Edgers, Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2024
In the last few years the doc industry has favored a handful of big-name filmmakers, like Porter, who are commissioned to make one-off films or docuseries.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 6 Apr. 2024
The reason, experts say, is that the provincial government has over time developed a thick network of family-friendly benefits, going far beyond the one-off bonuses for babies that the national government offers.
—Gaia Pianigiani, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2024
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“One-off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/one-off. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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