- a variation of one-time.
onetime
Example Sentences
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The onetime professional soccer player opened Dan Tana’s restaurant in West Hollywood in 1964, and it soon became a favorite haunt of movie stars and moguls alike.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Music therapy proved invaluable in the rehab of the onetime studio musician who said he has played for the likes of Jimi Hendrix.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
If anything, this trajectory of former colonies distancing themselves from their onetime imperial masters is familiar to those of other empires.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Either way, the onetime roommates and bandmates pioneered a discomfiting broken-doll aesthetic of smudged eyeliner, smeared lipstick and plastic barrettes clipped to hanks of bleached-out hair.
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026
He was only thirty-six when appointed, a onetime academic all- American at Harvard who later played pro basketball in Australia.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
