How to Use at one in a Sentence
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Coffin revealed the creative team had even explored the idea at one point.
—Lily Brown, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026
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The freezers needed cleaning and there were no paper towels or soap at one of the hand sinks.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 July 2026
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The whistle blew moments later, sending us to extra time tied at one goal apiece.
—Jim Barnes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 July 2026
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The days of teams signing players on the back of a good performance at one World Cup are gone, but what about two?
—Nick Miller, New York Times, 4 July 2026
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The stage was decorated with Bosnian colored lights — blue, white and yellow — at one end.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026
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These tickets must be cashed at one of the nine Florida Lottery district offices around the state.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 4 July 2026
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These tickets must be cashed at one of the Florida Lottery district offices around the state.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 4 July 2026
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But tensions remain high, with the sides exchanging fire at one point and continuing to publicly disagree about key issues.
—Dan Mangan,luke Fountain,kevin Breuninger,garrett Downs,ashley Capoot,justin Papp, CNBC, 2 July 2026
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The Utah native had a two-shot lead at one point until hitting into a hazard and taking double bogey on the 11th hole.
—ABC News, 4 July 2026
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The lovebirds began dating in the summer of 2023 after Kelce tried to give Swift a friendship bracelet at one of her concerts.
—Robyn Merrett, InStyle, 3 July 2026
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Swift and Kelce’s wedding has been confirmed to take place at one of New York’s most iconic venues, Madison Square Garden.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 2 July 2026
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Hometown's market capitalization topped $100 million at one point.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 3 July 2026
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On June 27, Wilco, the Breeders, and thousands of others gathered together to attempt to break the world record for most people yo-yoing at one time.
—Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 2 July 2026
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Here, road-trippers can enjoy activities like paddleboarding, fishing, and picnicking at one of Nebraska's oldest state recreation areas.
—Katy Spratte Joyce, Travel + Leisure, 3 July 2026
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Michelle Rago, a luxury events specialist who has planned weddings for the likes of Brooklyn Beckham, said at one event a serious concern was preventing an ex-wife from crashing the party.
—Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 3 July 2026
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Balogun himself gave his first comments on the incident on Friday, shortly after FIFA's decision to keep the suspension at one game was made public.
—Matt Reigle, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
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Such has been such a dramatic overhaul in the conference that the Heat at one moment can be viewed as contenders for the NBA Finals and at another the perception quite reasonably can be … right back in the play-in pool.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 4 July 2026
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The Model 3 and the Model Y (at one point the world’s best-selling vehicle) far and away lead the charge, with around 97 percent of sales consisting of one of the two models, per Yahoo Finance.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 2 July 2026
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The hard-right Vox party at one stage even reached out to Latinos, now a sizable voting bloc, assuming that Catholic, Evangelical, and anti-Communist members of those communities would share right-wing values.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 2 July 2026
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That was the central argument at one of the 2026 Golden Melody Festival‘s most colorful opening sessions, held in Taiwan ahead of the Golden Melody Awards.
—Faye Bradley, Variety, 2 July 2026
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This story began at one of Swift’s Eras Tour shows in Kansas City in July 2023 and became a journey that captivated (to the point of obsession) media and fans around the world.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2026
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From the get-go, Les Bleus – including, at one point, the entire squad except for goalkeeper Mike Maignan – were in the Paraguay half, searching for an opener as La Albirroja defended valiantly.
—Patrick Sung Cuadrado, CNN Money, 4 July 2026
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The newlyweds first met after Kelce, who had unsuccessfully tried to give the singer a friendship bracelet with his phone number on it at one of her Eras Tour shows, publicly declared his interest in her on his New Heights podcast in July 2023.
—Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026
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Yet this movie is great enough to atone.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2026
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This is Bell’s time to atone for what transpired last year.
—Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
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Each one of them, Josh knew, was trying to atone for a wrong.
—Lizzie Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Nov. 2021
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Is there any way to atone for one’s mistakes, no matter how grave?
—Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2021
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None may atone for my actions but me and only in me shall their stain live on.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 25 Feb. 2022
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But the display of piety has done little to mask that the army chief has much to atone for.
—New York Times, 2 Feb. 2021
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And that is something that needs to be redeemed and addressed and atoned for.
—Lindsay Kimble, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026
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Villains atoned, only to revert to their old ways.
—Judy Berman, Time, 8 Apr. 2026
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Simply paying more from one year to the next does not atone for the grave offense at hand.
—Adam Parness, Billboard, 22 May 2024
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Mane then did get his goal in the 77th minute and atoned for his earlier miss.
—SI.com, 24 Feb. 2018
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Cassie loves to party but dies in a freak accident and must atone for her wrongs on earth to earn her wings.
—Washington Post, 2 Sep. 2021
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Putting the rotation on his shoulders in the second half would do a lot to atone for that.
—Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2022
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The Eagles are on a mission to atone for missing a state berth by one place last year.
—Joe Magill, cleveland, 13 Oct. 2022
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Biden has the chance to atone for the sins of his forebears and build up some serious street cred on climate.
—Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2021
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Moses destroyed the tablets in anger, but the people atoned for their sin, so God forgave them.
—Sofia Barrett, CNN, 24 Sep. 2023
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The Jesuits are leading an effort to atone for a past of slavery.
—Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2025
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How does a city atone for killing as many as 300 of its Black citizens?
—Maria C. Hunt, House Beautiful, 1 June 2021
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To Garrett, the extension was a way to give back more and atone for his mistake.
—cleveland, 9 Sep. 2020
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Nichushkin atoned for his earlier mistake with the third goal of the period.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 17 Oct. 2025
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Hedges nearly atoned in the bottom of the inning, sending a fly ball to deep right-center.
—Dennis Lin, sandiegouniontribune.com, 5 May 2017
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The show would be their effort to atone, perhaps, and, of course, their effort to make a comeback of some sort.
—Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 3 May 2018
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To atone for that addition, perhaps, the owners kept the ratty red vinyl on the stools at the counter.
—Pete Wells, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2022
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In a tie game, and the power play 0 for 3 to that point, DeBrusk atoned.
—BostonGlobe.com, 30 Dec. 2019
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But the memo also tells the story of a grown man who spent his time behind bars trying to atone for the crime that put him there.
—Issie Lapowsky Abdul Kircher, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2023
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McGirt played in morning and made a pair of eagles on the back nine to atone in his round of 67.
—Doug Ferguson, The Denver Post, 11 May 2017
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McGirt played in the morning and made a pair of eagles on the back nine to atone in his round of 67.
—Doug Ferguson, courant.com, 11 May 2017
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On Yom Kippur, Jewish people atone for their sins from the past year.
—CNN, 2 Sep. 2021
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Hopefully for the Browns, Wilson will soon have a chance to atone for the mistake.
—cleveland, 19 Aug. 2020
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Now Google is offering its smarts and a small (to Google) chunk of change to begin to atone for its sins.
—Robert Hackett, Fortune, 21 Mar. 2018
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Gray atoned with an RBI double in the fifth to break up Martin's shutout bid.
—CBS News, 28 May 2026
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