Adjective
a onetime actor now turned singer
with any luck, that was a onetime mistake Adverb
an athlete who onetime competed in marathons on a regular basis
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Adjective
Her assistant coaches, including former All-Star Sugar Rodgers, onetime Idaho standout Landon Tatum and team personnel Daisy Feder, Boki Wang and Kenny Wolfe, all far more talented than us, took it just as seriously.—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 19 May 2026 Individual tickets are $13 each, plus the onetime purchase of a $7 2026 Fringe tag.—Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2026
Adverb
Some of the clips show onetime Orbán loyalists venting dissatisfaction with the government.—Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2026 David, a University of Colorado political science graduate, had met Saperstein, a former executive chef and onetime James Beard Award semifinalist (for Pompano Beach’s Cafe Maxx), a decade earlier.—Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for onetime