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one

[wuhn] / wʌn /


NOUN
unspecified individual
Synonyms
STRONGEST


PRONOUN
a person or thing of a number or kind indicated
Synonyms
STRONG
WEAK


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One reason companies haven’t historically reported indirect water use is that their data centers can be far from the power plants, says Kenneth Gillingham, a professor of environmental economics at Yale.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 3, 2026

One of the 15 least-developed countries in the world, the DRC has some of the richest land on the planet, notably in copper, cobalt, coltan and lithium.

From Barron's • Jul. 3, 2026

One thing they do agree on: The size of the workforce has been stagnating for months.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 3, 2026

One football fan told the BBC that ahead of the World Cup, people talked less about the team and "kept saying Hong should step down".

From BBC • Jul. 2, 2026

One day, he almost made it inside, but the niece and the housekeeper caught him trying to sneak in.

From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios




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