on one occasion

ADVERB

once

Synonyms

STRONGEST

already before earlier formerly late previously

STRONG

erstwhile

WEAK

a single time at one time away back back back when but once bygone heretofore in the old days in the olden days in times gone by in times past long ago old once only once upon a time one one time before one time previously only one time quondam sometime this time time was whilom

Antonyms

STRONGEST

currently future later presently

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on one occasion

Hundreds attended the protests, rising to about 2,000 on one occasion, according to Essex Police.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026

Elizabeth admitted that life was better when Morris was away, and she remained in the shadows of their Welsh home as Morris flirted with visiting journalists and, on one occasion, passionately kissed a cameraman.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

He described how on one occasion a polar bear came looking for him.

From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2026

“If I have a genius for anything,” McMurtry told a friend on one occasion, “it’s for being found.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026

Aureliano ended up forgetting about him, absorbed in the composition of his poems, but on one occasion he thought he understood something of what Melquíades was saying in his groping monologues, and he paid attention.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

on one occasion

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