Examples of onetime in a Sentence
Adjective
a onetime actor now turned singer
with any luck, that was a onetime mistake
Adverb
an athlete who onetime competed in marathons on a regular basis
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Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 9 Jan. 2026
Affleck married his onetime ex-fiancée Jennifer Lopez in July 2022, several years after his and Affleck's divorce was finalized.
—Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 8 Jan. 2026
Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 8 Dec. 2025
She was married only once, very briefly to Brazilian industrialist Roberto Seabra, and then had a 30-year relationship with Raymond Marcellin, onetime Interior Minister of France, before his death in 2004.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 29 Nov. 2025
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Adjective
Under Ignacio Madridejos, its CEO since 2019, the onetime supplier to Spanish railways has become one of the leading infrastructure companies in North America, with a pipeline of projects from power substations to the soon-to-open Terminal 1 at New York’s JFK International Airport.
—Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 9 Jan. 2026
Affleck married his onetime ex-fiancée Jennifer Lopez in July 2022, several years after his and Affleck's divorce was finalized.
—Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 8 Jan. 2026
Adverb
In a podcast last week, onetime CBS News anchor Connie Chung clashed with her husband and shock show host Maury Povich over the impact so far on CBS.
—Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 8 Dec. 2025
She was married only once, very briefly to Brazilian industrialist Roberto Seabra, and then had a 30-year relationship with Raymond Marcellin, onetime Interior Minister of France, before his death in 2004.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 29 Nov. 2025
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“Onetime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/onetime. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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