one-horse

Definition of one-horsenext

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Recent Examples of one-horse This week's Far-Flung Postcard series takes you to a food stand in the one-horse town of Marikavalasa in India, where working women go to enjoy a treat and unwind in the evening before returning to the grind. Brittney Melton, NPR, 11 Dec. 2025 If either achieves even half the cadence and reliability of Falcon 9, the private space industry will finally move from a one-horse race to a true competition. Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025 But, according to Bob Nightengale of USA Today, this isn't a one-horse race. Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025 Koda grew up in this one-horse California town, while Sakai’s father’s work took her family to Tokyo, New York, Mexico City, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 July 2016 See All Example Sentences for one-horse
Recent Examples of Synonyms for one-horse
Adjective
  • The Analyst can spend all their time answering urgent but unimportant requests.
    Dev Patnaik, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • Wright agrees that the findings shouldn’t be interpreted to mean that omega-3s are unimportant for the brain.
    Mira Miller, Verywell Health, 14 July 2026
Adjective
  • They were first popularized in Georgian England as small tokens of affection, infatuation or mourning, and examples are scattered across major museums such as the Victoria & Albert Museum in London and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
    Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Potential monetary policy task force recommendations may involve less transparent communication, a smaller balance sheet with stability risks, and inflation metrics that produce a lower reading.
    David Zhang, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026

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“One-horse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/one-horse. Accessed 8 Aug. 2026.

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