How to Use onetime in a Sentence

onetime

adjective
Definition of onetimenext
Synonyms for onetimenext
  • The onetime soccer star traded in her cleats for a pair of heels at age of 15.
    — Jonathan Vigliotti, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2023
  • Neuhardt was a onetime Las Vegas dancer and nightclub performer whom Cole described as the love of his life.
    — oregonlive, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Per the prenup, Grande will pay Gomez a onetime sum of $1.25 million, with no future alimony.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Clements was also often there as the onetime boyfriend of Gatlin’s granddaughter.
    — Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2023
  • In that event, the only survivor benefit that could be paid is the onetime death benefit of $255.
    — Laurence Kotlikoff, Forbes, 7 May 2023
  • The series was created by Bill Bell, a onetime navy man who because a TV legend.
    — Shinan Govani, Town & Country, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Gina Huynh, a onetime girlfriend, said on a 2019 podcast that Mr. Combs had dragged her by the hair, thrown a high-heel shoe at her and pressured her to get two abortions.
    — Julia Jacobs, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2023
  • From the big-city hustle of Kolkata to the onetime Mughal outpost of Murshidabad, with rural towns and villages in between, getting a taste of life Ganges-style was a breeze.
    — Alex Greggery, Robb Report, 7 Mar. 2024
  • The onetime military lodging there is available to rent, and Hoeft lives in the house once used by a commanding general.
    — Robert Faturechi, ProPublica, 21 Nov. 2023
  • The onetime Oscar nominee graced the red carpet in a halter-neck dress covered in copper sequins and fringe.
    — Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 14 Mar. 2023
  • The company is bankrupt, and Mr. Singh and Ms. Ellison, both 28, have pleaded guilty to fraud and testified in court against their onetime friend.
    — David Yaffe-Bellany, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2023
  • The onetime public school teacher is a fervent believer in education as the key to change.
    — Lisa Fung, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2023
  • The heavy-metal posture was a onetime thing for me, dictated by circumstance.
    — Justin E. H. Smith, Harper's Magazine, 14 Aug. 2023
  • In an awards cycle where acceptance speeches bounced from sincere to silly to crass, these onetime co-stars stayed the course with wet, wet gratitude.
    — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Second, those who can afford compounds may be hoping to avoid paparazzi, and thanks to the onetime auto shop, the private drive has a curb cut — something that can’t be added to landmarked homes.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 17 Oct. 2023
  • While the fate of the defiant mutineer and his fighters remain uncertain, there are signs that his hold over onetime backers may have been weakened by the saga.
    — Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 28 June 2023
  • Trump, his onetime boss and now adversary, planned to attend the proceedings on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
    — Graham Kates, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Her relationship with Bonin, a onetime ally, was strained.
    — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2023
  • The onetime iCarly star now thinks of herself predominantly as a writer and is working on a new novel.
    — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2023
  • His father was a real estate agent, and his mother was a onetime legal secretary at Time-Life who raised six children.
    — Phil Davison, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2023
  • It's believed that the stone will briefly return to its onetime position, since a condition of its return was that it could be used for future British coronations.
    — House Beautiful, 6 May 2023
  • Chef Carlos Contreras — a onetime cashier who studied culinary arts on the Du-par’s food prep line — had seared the salmon to perfection, with a crisp outer edge and a seductively soft, pink flesh.
    — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2023
  • The paramilitary leader and onetime ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin hasn't been seen in public since.
    — WSJ, 27 June 2023
  • Stephanie Grisham, a onetime press secretary and aide to the former first lady, who is now a vocal Trump critic, said she was initially enamored by it all.
    — Jill Colvin, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Most of the planet’s resources still flow in paths established in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, from onetime colonies to the capitals of the old global empires and their offspring in North America.
    — Ben Ehrenreich, The New Republic, 10 May 2023
  • Carroll is a journalist and a onetime advice columnist for Elle magazine.
    — Ben Protess, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The tense rivalry between the two groups was well-documented by journalist Robert Greenfield, a onetime Rolling Stone editor who was granted behind-the-scenes access to the tour.
    — Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 18 Nov. 2023
  • His onetime collaborator Katy Perry, for instance, is due for a new album.
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The onetime aspiring comic book artist’s brain exploded.
    — Jen Yamato, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2023
  • The onetime prosecutor had left Andreessen Horowitz to raise a $1.5 billion venture fund of her own, and both the industry and the media hailed her as the figure needed to bring legitimacy to crypto once and for all.
    — Byjeff John Roberts, Fortune Crypto, 3 Aug. 2023

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