one by one
Example Sentences
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While a classical computer is like reading each book one by one, quantum creates the possibility to read every book at once, making the computers suitable for “problems that involve millions of possibilities and interactions.”
From Barron's
Soon the gym is brimming with tension as the contestants are brought forth one by one, having words of various levels of difficulty flung at them.
When that happens, the precise order needed for quantum operations breaks down, since the extra photons interfere with the intended one by one flow.
From Science Daily
He has since kicked out each of the boys one by one — first her elder son, then his own son and most recently the youngest, who is only 13.
From MarketWatch
"It will take time to reply to them all but I'll start doing them one by one after this."
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
