once
Example Sentences
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Investors will need to contend with these risks once they return from the Memorial Day weekend.
From MarketWatch • May 24, 2026
So once someone hears the truth, they are like: ‘Oh, yeah, that actually makes a lot more sense.’
From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026
The site also contained stone tools along with the remains of elephants and other animals, suggesting the area was once used for butchering prey near the edge of an ancient lake.
From Science Daily • May 24, 2026
Flanking Bass on the left is Nithya Raman, a progressive City Council member who was once the mayor’s political ally.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026
She’d always tell us that we were only going to buy a certain number of tickets, and once they were gone, that was it.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
Vocabulary lists containing once
