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: limited to a single time, occasion, or instance : one-shot
one-off gigs
a one-off payment
one-off
noun
Examples of one-off in a Sentence
an actress who commissioned a one-off dress from the designer for the Oscars
the tour is a one-off event to commemorate the band's 20th anniversary
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Car Magazine researched the costs of the one-off FKP and estimated a price of around half a million UK pounds (~ US$670,000)… just for the in-dash clock.
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New Atlas, 6 Feb. 2026
Buying a one-off stake in an NFL team is not that.
—Luisa Beltran, Sportico.com, 5 Feb. 2026
Higher-income customers, who can afford to place larger and more frequent bets over long periods, are far more valuable to the business than users making small, one-off trades, Rose-Berman said.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 4 Feb. 2026
Other records show numerous one-off payments, the suit alleges.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 4 Feb. 2026
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New Atlas, 6 Feb. 2026
Buying a one-off stake in an NFL team is not that.
—Luisa Beltran, Sportico.com, 5 Feb. 2026
Higher-income customers, who can afford to place larger and more frequent bets over long periods, are far more valuable to the business than users making small, one-off trades, Rose-Berman said.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 4 Feb. 2026
Other records show numerous one-off payments, the suit alleges.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 4 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for one-off
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“One-off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/one-off. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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