ones

plural of one
as in dollars
a U.S. currency bill representing 100 cents I don't have any ones on me just now

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Recent Examples of ones That’s made the industry one of the most visible examples of how China’s breakneck AI transformation is impacting people’s livelihoods — wiping out jobs and creating new ones, leaving everyone unsure what’s next. Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026 While there are currently Asprey disposable bathroom toiletries, these will be replaced with eco-friendlier refillable ones. Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Aug. 2026 The Dutch health ministry’s scheme for international top-sport events funds one-off competitions rather than recurring ones annually, and caps awards at €3 million. Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026 Data on climbing salaries shows that a job that pays well at 25 may offer surprisingly little wage growth by 50, while another occupation with a more modest starting point can produce dramatic earnings such as the ones in the Coin Insider analysis. Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026 The foundation and California State Parks employees use the former boiler and erecting shops for maintenance and storage of historic trains, including ones that Smith had been tasked to work on. Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 22 Aug. 2026 Over $300 million for new Border Patrol stations to replace three existing ones in Texas. Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026 The tourists who are tearing up our building are the ones who should get out. Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 15 Aug. 2026 Every annual exam pushed my prescription further into negative territory, from just below zero into the ones, then twos, then threes. E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ones
Noun
  • Earlier this year, the US government introduced new rules requiring citizens of dozens of countries, including Cape Verde, to post a bond of up to 15,000 dollars to enter the United States.
    , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • No amount of ad campaigns that Meta is pouring untold millions of dollars into — nor even endorsements from Kylie Jenner or Kylian Mbappé, literally some of the most famous people on the planet — is going to change that.
    Frank Landymore, Futurism, 27 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Most sportsmen wonder how any whitetail bucks, let alone a brute such as Kontras’, could have been so easily patterned.
    Jeff Murray, Outdoor Life, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Pole dancers bookend him and are showered with Usher bucks, his prop cash.
    Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2026

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“Ones.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ones. Accessed 28 Aug. 2026.

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