nonce

Example Sentences

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"How can you build good relations with your partners and neglect their interests? This is a nonce."

From Reuters

Wherever Weinstein ends up, I picture the place as a sort of alt-justice simulator, which lovingly recreates the atmosphere of the classic nonce wing, right down to the Michelin-starred salad bar and fluffy bathrobes.

From The Guardian

In a nonce, the two accidental partners find themselves knocking at the polished door of St. Kilda’s, looking for, at best, an informant; at worst, a killer within.

From Washington Post

But for the nonce they're playing attitudes more than characters, and at times they seem to be in the same show only by virtue of sharing the shot.

From Los Angeles Times

Some of them, true nonce words, never went further than their appearance in his plays, But others, like “bump,” “hurry,” “critical” and “bedazzled,” are essential parts of our standard vocabulary today.

From Time