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Recent Examples of one-off Businesses trying to get ahead of tariffs might have played a role in the import spike — but that would have been a one-off impact, not an ongoing hit to GDP growth. Courtenay Brown, Axios, 4 Mar. 2025 Mineral reunited in 2014 after a 16-year hiatus but have been completely inactive since a one-off at Furnace Fest in 2021. Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 4 Mar. 2025 But nothing gives this adaptation — which otherwise might have easily been forgotten as a quirky '90s made-for-TV one-off — so much fairy dust as a glimmering Whitney Houston playing the best-ever fairy godmother. EW.com, 4 Mar. 2025 Barge also produced a one-off album by an ad hoc group of Chicago pro athletes, including Dan Hampton, Troy Murray and the legendary Walter Payton. Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for one-off
Recent Examples of Synonyms for one-off
Adjective
  • His only real competition for the honor is Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets, but even then, Gilgeous-Alexander was a clear frontrunner at that point.
    Nick Crain, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
  • The Rays aren’t definitively the only hold-up, though.
    Evan Drellich, The Athletic, 10 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • When do most of us wear gowns outside of the occasional black tie wedding?
    Sarah Boyd, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Staff chat in Spanish during the occasional lull between rushes and fresh tortillas perfume the air, making the space feel like a friend’s dining room.
    Edmund Tijerina, Bon Appétit, 27 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The show will feature special guests and a musical performance.
    Debbie Day, EW.com, 26 Feb. 2025
  • The business was run by James and Kelly Bracken, who own Riverdale Materials LLC, which was sued in 2018 by a competing company that said Jackson gave the business special treatment in his position as mayor.
    Samantha Moilanen, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Gagné explained that a custom cable was built for the one-shot movement.
    Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Early sequences like the one-shot hallway fight and Kingpin (Vincent D’Onofrio) decapitating a man with a car door pushed the boundaries of comic book television.
    Antonio Ferme, Variety, 25 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Drinkwater didn't make one appearance in a Chelsea shirt last season, whilst Bakayoko spent the season in Italy on loan at AC Milan.
    SI.com, SI.com, 3 Aug. 2019
  • Decisions made by engineers today, in other words, will determine not how one car drives but how all cars drive.
    Johannes Himmelreich, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Mar. 2018
Adjective
  • The seemingly darker avant-garde direction the Grammy winner appeared to be heading signaled for many fans a return to the unique Gaga sounds that characterized peerless projects like The Fame Monster and Artpop.
    Chris Malone Mendez, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
  • Watch Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings on Disney+ Eternals After exterminating the invasive Deviants, the Eternals, a group of ancient heroes with unique powers, separate for 500 years.
    Jacqueline Weiss, People.com, 8 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Atlanta's lone run came in the seventh inning when Luke Williams hit a solo home run to left field.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Mar. 2025
  • Moore is the lone woman in a boys’ club of celebrated actors, including Paul Bettany, Jeremy Irons, Zachary Quinto, Stanley Tucci, and Kevin Spacey.
    Katie Rife, EW.com, 2 Mar. 2025

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“One-off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/one-off. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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