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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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Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 19 May 2026
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Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 19 May 2026
Must be some kind of one-off as there are others as well (Slow Drift Mix, etc).
—Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 19 May 2026
The infusion of state capital into DeepSeek isn’t a one-off occurrence.
—Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 19 May 2026
Decision Making Slows Treating digital transformation as a one-off project is a capital allocation error.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 18 May 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 21 May. 2026.
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