1
as in only
being the one or ones of a class with no other members
that's the one author I would stand in line for hours to get an autograph from
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2
as in certain
known but not named
one person that I know said that it was the best movie he had ever seen
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Recent Examples of one
Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 5 July 2025
The footage shows his left eye rolling back when the right one closes.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 July 2025
SI.com, 3 Aug. 2019
Decisions made by engineers today, in other words, will determine not how one car drives but how all cars drive.
—Johannes Himmelreich, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Mar. 2018
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Noun
But the uninvited men are the ones who are shocked when Smoke ambushes them with a Tommy gun.
—Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 5 July 2025
The footage shows his left eye rolling back when the right one closes.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 July 2025
Adjective
Drinkwater didn't make one appearance in a Chelsea shirt last season, whilst Bakayoko spent the season in Italy on loan at AC Milan.
—SI.com, 3 Aug. 2019
Decisions made by engineers today, in other words, will determine not how one car drives but how all cars drive.
—Johannes Himmelreich, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Mar. 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for one
Noun
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The Greater Yellowstone Coalition has spent millions of dollars over the past few decades helping bears and humans more successfully coexist.—
Christine Peterson,
Wired News,
5 July 2025
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Paying off debt early saves hundreds of millions of dollars in interest costs each year.—
Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
5 July 2025
Adjective
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But Kelly reminded the audience that tech isn’t the only kind of knowledge that matters.—
Oumou Fofana,
Essence,
7 July 2025
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Defender Tim Ream and Tyler Adams were the only holdovers in the lineup against Mexico from the starters in the 2022 World Cup second-round loss to the Netherlands.—
Ronald Blum,
Twin Cities,
7 July 2025
Adjective
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The findings revealed that certain personal factors influenced which recovery strategies people used.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Students were required to undertake certain extracurricular activities (Prevost was in the choir with Franks—both sing tenor—and played tennis) and to keep up their academic performance, but mostly the school’s focus was how to live in community.—
Belinda Luscombe,
Time,
1 July 2025
Noun
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Fly to these major US cities from Cincinnati for under $100 in July Get the most bang for your buck with these round-trip, nonstop flights departing from Cincinnati in July 2025: Atlanta, Georgia: $78 (Frontier), Departs: July 25.—
Grace Tucker,
The Enquirer,
3 July 2025
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Fireworks buffs may get less bang for their buck this Fourth of July due to the United States' ongoing tariff war with China.—
Ray Padilla,
The Courier-Journal,
3 July 2025
Adjective
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The Changing Face Of Threats Modern attackers are not lone hackers in basements.—
Bhupendra Singh,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Disney Dream is the lone Disney ship for now sailing from the line’s new second home in Fort Lauderdale.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 June 2025
Adjective
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Politics and presidents go unnamed, but the show is brilliantly wrapped in red, white, blue and a whole lot of symbolism.—
Megan Thomas,
CNN Money,
27 June 2025
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Bill Dwyer and a group of other unnamed hikers found Sands in a flat area of Mount Baldy known as Goode Canyon.—
Nicole Briese,
People.com,
27 June 2025
Adjective
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The Israeli newspaper Haaretz quoted anonymous soldiers who said they were ordered to deliberately open fire at unarmed crowds on their way to the food sites.—
Anas Baba,
NPR,
6 July 2025
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The Information, which cited anonymous sources for the report.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
6 July 2025
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“One.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/one. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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