How to Use number one in a Sentence

number one

1 of 2 noun

• Who's number one in this office?
• Her movie is currently number one at the box office.
• Getting the car fixed is number one on my list of priorities.
• I've been taking care of other people for too long. It's time for me to take care of number one.
• I'll tell you why we can't go on a vacation: number one, we can't afford it, and number two, we'll miss my sister's party.
• To give a singer the platform to sing and be themselves is the number one goal.
  — Joe Lynch, Billboard, 19 Oct. 2023
• The number one guess in the comments section was Travis Kelce.
  — Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 5 Feb. 2024
• Lauren Goode: So is this the number one condiment or spice for you in all of 2023?
  — Michael Calore, WIRED, 21 Dec. 2023
• Swift’s holding up a number one, but what about Antonoff?
  — Vulture, 23 Oct. 2023
• The kids are now safe, which is the number one priority.
  — David Chiu, Peoplemag, 4 Sep. 2023
• Heart disease is the number one killer in the US and accounts for about a third of deaths globally.
  — Madison Muller, Fortune, 11 Nov. 2023
• As her kid and as her number one fan, the album feels like jumping into the pool on a hot day.
  — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 29 June 2023
• Billboard did a thing about the 100 biggest moments of EDM, and the number one was Tim’s career.
  — Katie Bain, Billboard, 13 Sep. 2023
• Our military is still far and away the number one military in the world.
  — ABC News, 17 Sep. 2023
• And in the current Names.org predictions, both are number one.
  — oregonlive, 28 Apr. 2023
• The actress held a lit candle in the shape of a number one in front of her baby girl as Agruma clasped Royce’s hand.
  — Jenny Haward, Peoplemag, 5 Nov. 2023
• It was also deemed the third most livable city in the same study that named Vienna as number one.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 19 Nov. 2023
• So yeah, that won a slutty Grammy and a slutty number one.
  — Steve Baltin, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2023
• The first time ever where no number one, number two, or number three seed made it to the Final Four.
  — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 2 Apr. 2023
• What is your number one piece of advice for a nervous flyer?
  — Olivia Morelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Dec. 2023
• In Chicago, the number one city in the list, more than 30% of people looking for homes are looking in the Birmingham area.
  — Heather Gann | [e-mail], al, 30 Mar. 2023
• Why decide to not have the number one new restaurant in America?
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Sep. 2023
• Only time will tell if the Swifties can create enough joyful chaos to give her a tenth number one single.
  — Vulture, 18 Oct. 2023
• The number one concession the union wants to end is a lower tier of wages and benefits for workers hired since 2007.
  — Chris Isidore, CNN, 14 Sep. 2023
• The Oprah Winfrey Show was number one for 25 years, and everybody came after me.
  — Essence, 12 Dec. 2023
• But the basics are, number one, do your homework and find out who’s who, because there are some very charming crooks.
  — Jem Aswad, Variety, 5 Dec. 2023
• So number one, football is the biggest sport across all African markets by a country mile.
  — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Feb. 2024
• But the more winning winner between the two — the number one movie in North America — is Warner Bros.
  — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 22 July 2023
• He was ranked number one in the world, and retired in 1980, beginning a career as an activist.
  — Town & Country, 4 Sep. 2023
• Lack of research at the expense of quick profits must be the number one thing to avoid for any potential entry.
  — Jim Osman, Forbes, 16 July 2023

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number one

2 of 2 adjective

• Rule number one is don't get caught!
• The book is the company's number one seller.
• He's public enemy number one: the nation's most wanted criminal.
• That’s the number one thought going through our heads at all times.
  — Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 30 Aug. 2022
• As far as our football team, that’s the focus, the number one thing.
  — al, 21 July 2022
• This is the number one best selling oil out there in the market right now.
  — Essence, 7 Dec. 2022
• My number one goal is to listen and learn and talk to the membership.
  — Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Apr. 2022
• My number one focus as the chair of the DSCC was to bring incumbents back.
  — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 22 Nov. 2022
• This happens to be number one, the very first public one.
  — Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 5 Sep. 2022
• Most weeks at number one for any player in the history of the tour.
  — Carol Memmott, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2022
• Plus this lovely weirdo spent four weeks at the number one on the US Billboard Hot 100.
  — Debby Wolfinsohn, EW.com, 11 Aug. 2022
• Flash point number one are the consequences of elections here, the midterms.
  — CBS News, 19 Oct. 2022
• Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States and is the number one cause of death in the Cincinnati region.
  — Cincinnati Enquirer, The Enquirer, 6 Oct. 2022
• The number one must-have for me this season is their oversized oxford shirt in sky blue.
  — Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 22 Aug. 2022
• The number one source of the best hires is employee referrals.
  — Quora, Forbes, 6 May 2022
• So talent of all types and IP, which is similar to us, is number one.
  — John Hopewell, Variety, 27 Apr. 2022
• That record because the rapper’s first release to hit number one on the Billboard Charts.
  — Kat Bouza, Rolling Stone, 27 May 2022
• The number one thing that can keep you from the I-don't-need-makeup type of complexion is uneven skin tone.
  — Janell M. Hickman, SELF, 27 July 2022
• The number one cause of death among young people is gun violence.
  — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 2 Dec. 2022
• The economy is still the number one issue in voters' minds.
  — NBC News, 3 July 2022
• If having a bench that is three deep in each area is a luxury, see number one.
  — Kimberly Osborne, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2022
• So number one, get a lay of the land; understand the county, state and local taxes.
  — CBS News, 29 Apr. 2022
• Melbourne—joint 10th—this city that has 'four seasons in one day', has been number one, seven years in a row.
  — Alex Ledsom, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022
• In the first photoshoot, Romeo sat in front of balloons and a number one sign, smiling in a gray and white outfit with a blue beret.
  — Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com, 1 Aug. 2022
• But number one is making sure that our students are OK.
  — Rachel Fradette, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Jan. 2023
• Karla, Cassidy, and I all believed that James was our number one from day one.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 14 Oct. 2022
• These folks are quite easily amused and have a deep desire to be number one or to finish first.
  — Glamour, 31 May 2022
• The album rapidly shot to number one in Italy and briefly made the global top ten list on Spotify.
  — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 24 June 2022
• So where are millionaires moving outside the east and west coast, and outside the U.S., and what will be number one a decade from now?
  — Alena Botros, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2022
• The Cate Blanchett-starring drama was number one on Gleiberman’s list.
  — Zack Sharf, Variety, 23 Dec. 2022

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