How to Use one or two in a Sentence
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But that could be one or two months from now.
—CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
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Not five or 10, but one or two.
—Fortune Editors, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2025
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Or seed one or two and leave the seeds in the rest.
—Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 19 Oct. 2025
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Pick one or two that catch your eye and add more over time.
—Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2026
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Start with one or two changes this spring and build from there.
—Charlotte Observer, 13 Apr. 2026
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Don't store them on your counter longer than one or two days.
—Jessica Farthing, Southern Living, 19 June 2026
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Use one or two pumps daily on the skin.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2026
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Start with a stem end where at least one or two leaves are present.
—Derek Carwood, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Mar. 2026
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Now, there are at least one or two trees on his truck each day.
—Julie Creswell, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2023
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Now, barely one or two ships can make the run.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 13 Mar. 2026
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Many may have even been one or two tables over.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2025
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But even one or two injuries could leave them short.
—Paul Taylor, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
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So that’s between one or two per day of any type.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2025
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The game should have never came down to one or two plays.
—Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
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And the state is slashed by canyons — even a famous one or two.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 16 May 2024
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Pick one or two items from this list each week and work through them over the month.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Apr. 2026
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The scouts might only pick up one or two clues in a game, if any.
—Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
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A matter of one or two inches at most.
—Paul Taylor, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
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There were one or two angry scenes in the grocery.
—David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
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Just one or two nuts can cover your daily needs.
—Morgan Pearson, Verywell Health, 1 Oct. 2025
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There’s still time for one or two defensemen to step up.
—Kevin Kurz, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
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Swimmers will take on a one or two-mile course on the river.
—Beth Godvik, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026
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Certain drug review times fell from a year to one or two months.
—Avik Roy, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
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Most schools have one or two problem students.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
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Some said the left lane, some the right, and some heard or saw one or two impacts.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2024
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Pick one or two recipes to get you through the rest of the week and bookmark the rest.
—Monti Carlo, AJC.com, 18 Feb. 2026
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Bring your own mountain bike or class one or two pedaled e-bike.
—Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2025
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Your mileage may vary with them, but hopefully one or two stick.
—Bay Area News Group, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 May 2025
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Hold your curling iron in place for no more than one or two seconds.
—Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 22 Apr. 2025
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Apple tends to change one or two colors each year, but not three.
—Gordon Kelly, Forbes, 16 July 2023
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