one-way

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Recent Examples of one-way Travel + Leisure spotted flight availability throughout the summer season, with one-way fares starting at $439. Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 4 June 2025 Traditional models depended on one-way exchanges: Customers spent money, and companies gave them a product and a receipt. Charles Morey, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025 Now concerned residents are attempting to interrupt the bear’s impromptu coastal getaway by crowd-sourcing the bear’s one-way ticket off the island. Alice Jones Webb, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2025 JetBlue Tickets for one-way or round-trip airfare that includes one-way or round-trip train tickets will go on sale. Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for one-way
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Adjective
  • That debate followed a lawsuit brought by both of the state’s utilities in January, accusing Gillett of wielding unilateral control over the authority and issuing hundreds of decisions without the input of her fellow commissioners.
    John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 4 June 2025
  • As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu now threatens to take unilateral action against Iran's nuclear facilities amid the ongoing talks between Tehran and Washington, the Begin Doctrine appears to remain very much in effect.
    Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
Adjective
  • Tony Danza gives New Yorkers and visitors alike reasons to cheer at his new one-man show at the theater.
    Robin Raven, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
  • Horan echoes the sentiment that these acquisitions are beneficial, especially for small or medium-sized leagues that are often a one-man operation.
    Shikhar Sachdev, HubSpot, 30 May 2025
Adjective
  • Besides dyspnea, sharp and one-sided chest pain is typical.8 Anaphylaxis is a life-threatening allergic reaction to a trigger (e.g., food, medicine, or insect stings).
    Laura Campedelli, Verywell Health, 5 June 2025
  • Two years after defying expectations in Istanbul — pushing Manchester City hard in a final many had predicted would be the most one-sided in history — Inter, gallingly, in the end found themselves on the wrong end of the most one-sided final ever.
    James Horncastle, New York Times, 2 June 2025
Adjective
  • The deceptive advertisement asks for personal information, including your full name, license plate number, and the last five digits of the vehicle registration number.
    Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2025
  • Forty company executives received personal security, with one executive who received threats dying her hair and moving into another home out of fear for her safety, according to the filing.
    Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 5 June 2025
Adjective
  • The cheeseburgers at Mama’s Snack shack are $5.50 for a single and $8.60 for a double.
    Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
  • The only way for a princess to stay royal is to stay single her entire life or marry a direct relative within her own family — an arrangement no one is particularly interested in pursuing.
    Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 8 June 2025
Adjective
  • Keep a distance from tall, solitary trees or other elevated structures.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 9 June 2025
  • The only one fully out of the running with her solitary point (like Phoenix before her) is the people’s princess, Nicole Paige Brooks.
    Chris Feil, Vulture, 6 June 2025
Adjective
  • The policy applied to small businesses, commercial and institutional clients, and credit card partners, but did not restrict how individual customers used their cards.
    Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 3 June 2025
  • He’s believed to be the youngest to win a CIF individual golf title.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2025

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“One-way.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/one-way. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.

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