one-man

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Recent Examples of one-man In this reimagining of Bono’s one-man stage show, the U2 frontman pulls back the curtain on a remarkable life and the family, friends and faith that have challenged and sustained him. Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 24 May 2025 In this one-man show, Whitfield steps onstage not just as a performer, but as a guide—challenging, inspiring, and activating the ABFF community to transform their pain into purpose. Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 22 May 2025 However, the Yankees’ offense has not been a one-man show. Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 16 May 2025 The 1982 original saw Stallone play a veteran Green Beret who is forced by a cruel sheriff and his deputies to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war against his pursuers. Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 15 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for one-man
Recent Examples of Synonyms for one-man
Adjective
  • Keep a distance from tall, solitary trees or other elevated structures.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 9 June 2025
  • Rotate The Cockpit Leadership, especially during crises, shouldn't be a solitary effort.
    David Meade, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
Adjective
  • That debate followed a lawsuit brought by both of the state’s utilities in January, accusing Gillett of wielding unilateral control over the authority and issuing hundreds of decisions without the input of her fellow commissioners.
    John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 4 June 2025
  • As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu now threatens to take unilateral action against Iran's nuclear facilities amid the ongoing talks between Tehran and Washington, the Begin Doctrine appears to remain very much in effect.
    Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
Adjective
  • The deceptive advertisement asks for personal information, including your full name, license plate number, and the last five digits of the vehicle registration number.
    Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2025
  • If Trump owns 90%, his personal holdings would amount to roughly $430 million.
    Dan Alexander, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
Adjective
  • The cheeseburgers at Mama’s Snack shack are $5.50 for a single and $8.60 for a double.
    Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
  • The only way for a princess to stay royal is to stay single her entire life or marry a direct relative within her own family — an arrangement no one is particularly interested in pursuing.
    Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 8 June 2025
Adjective
  • Many experts advocate for training models in a multimodal manner rather than focusing on individual media types.
    Arun Shastri, Forbes.com, 15 June 2025
  • The basement of the two-family home where Jean’s body was discovered had been subdivided into single rooms separately rented out by individual tenants.
    Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 15 June 2025
Adjective
  • Officials shut down a large swath of a national forest in Washington while law enforcement continues to search the area for the girls' father, who is the case's sole suspect so far.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 7 June 2025
  • Conley made his sole Super Bowl appearance against his former team, the Chiefs, in 2024.
    Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 7 June 2025
Adjective
  • But what about turning left onto a one-way street during a red light?
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 6 June 2025
  • Put another way, supersonic flyers would pay roughly $4,830 one-way from New York to London in June based on current average one-way airfares of around $3,500 on Google Flights.
    Edward Russell, CNN Money, 5 June 2025
Adjective
  • Besides dyspnea, sharp and one-sided chest pain is typical.8 Anaphylaxis is a life-threatening allergic reaction to a trigger (e.g., food, medicine, or insect stings).
    Laura Campedelli, Verywell Health, 5 June 2025
  • Two years after defying expectations in Istanbul — pushing Manchester City hard in a final many had predicted would be the most one-sided in history — Inter, gallingly, in the end found themselves on the wrong end of the most one-sided final ever.
    James Horncastle, New York Times, 2 June 2025

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“One-man.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/one-man. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.

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