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

Example Sentences

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US President Donald Trump on one occasion held a terse phone call with Netanyahu, in which he reportedly uttered an expletive.

From BBC • Jun. 26, 2026

Happy hours grew tense; on one occasion, McArthur asked Rear Commodore Bob Lalanne for his thoughts about the election.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 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

He told the court that, on one occasion, protestors put flares through HKETO's letterbox.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

Tail gunner Tonya Khokhlova, of the 125th Guards, told how on one occasion some Soviet pilots flew low over their airfield and dropped an object out of their plane.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

on one occasion

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