How to Use one-to-one in a Sentence

one-to-one

adjective
  • The ratio of oats to liquid is one-to-one, so one part oats to one part milk.
    — Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 25 July 2024
  • The ratio of bread to allium looks to be about one-to-one.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Game code, assets and libraries aren’t a one-to-one fit.
    — Elias Burke, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
  • The goal from the get-go was never to create a one-to-one recreation, so what was that driving tenet?
    — Diego Ramos Bechara, Variety, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Not a one-to-one Genndy [clone], but a Genndy level of person.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 15 June 2024
  • For a $30 swapping fee, participants can bring up to 20 items for one-to-one swaps.
    — Maddie Browning, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Feb. 2023
  • And not with contract language that has a one-to-one ratio of promises to loopholes.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Once the update arrives, users can tap any one-to-one or group exchange and select the lock option.
    — Stephanie Mlot, PCMAG, 16 May 2023
  • Can aluminum foil be used as a one-to-one substitute for parchment?
    — Christina Manian, Rdn, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 July 2023
  • Brands need to figure out how to break through, and the way to do that is by creating a one-to-one connection with a customer.
    — Fairchild Studio, WWD, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Mix your blooming gel and white gel color in a one-to-one ratio and apply this on top of your base color.
    — Annie Blay, Allure, 27 June 2023
  • As such, Kim explains, some events will have a strict one-to-one adaptation, while others will be remixed.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Turn one-to-one coaching into a group program that serves five times more people with the same effort.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
  • Customers can chat one-to-one with a customer service agent via online live chat.
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 29 Mar. 2023
  • For me the most important thing is to never do a classic one-to-one reference.
    — José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 12 June 2024
  • The club itself said puppies learn best by hunting one-to-one with their owners, not with other dogs.
    — Heather Hollingsworth, Fortune, 3 May 2024
  • MassHealth funds providers to hire staff specifically to provide one-to-one care for people who need it.
    — Jason Laughlin, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Discovery Dollars are valued one-to-one pegged to the U.S. dollar.
    — Doug Gollan, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
  • The industry has been promising one-to-one marketing for years.
    — Christian Monberg, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
  • But, occasionally, a brand goes for the faithful one-to-one recreation, and in so doing will reveal the extent to which the brand has changed over the years.
    — Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 4 Sep. 2024
  • Many one-to-one gluten-free flour replacements contain xanthan gum.
    — Jillian Kubala, Health, 7 Sep. 2024
  • Within the first few weeks of his stay, he was placed on something called a one-to-one — a form of suicide watch that required at least one officer to be with him at all times.
    — Amanda Hernandez, Baltimore Sun, 24 Mar. 2025
  • But going from actor to audiobook narrator is not a one-to-one move.
    — Christian Holub, EW.com, 9 June 2023
  • Employees will have a voice in the process through surveys, focus groups, town halls or one-to-one conversations.
    — Mindi Cox, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
  • In a one-to-one case of partner-swapping, Ryann and James were each paired off with the respective half of another couple, Trey and Riah, in episode one.
    — Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 27 Aug. 2023
  • In current classrooms, teachers do not have time for the sustained one-to-one instruction that OtA requires.
    — Marion Blank, Scientific American, 26 Sep. 2023
  • As Kerekes explained to me, karma isn’t simply the notion of retribution or some one-to-one exchange of good or bad.
    — Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 17 Feb. 2025
  • Ghee is versatile and can replace butter at a one-to-one ratio in cooking and baking.
    — Allison Herries, Verywell Health, 2 Apr. 2025
  • Taking a one-to-many approach should be accompanied by one-to-one touchpoints.
    — Ray Zhou, Forbes, 17 July 2023
  • How to use it: Try sweetened condensed coconut milk as a one-to-one substitute for its dairy cousin in drinks, such as Thai iced tea and boba, or in dessert recipes, such as flan, key lime pie and fudge.
    — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2025

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