one by one

Example Sentences

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Dario was horrified as he watched his colleagues be fired one by one, which he considered needlessly cruel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

The technique involves attaching an original sketch to an adhesive backing, cutting it out, strategically sprinkling sand on the desired areas, then removing any misplaced grains one by one.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

The task is simple: rewrite sentences one by one until the essay passes various A.I. checkers like Originality.ai, GPTZero, or ZeroGPT.

From Slate • Mar. 20, 2026

Plus, officials had to pay to conduct searches one by one, not in bulk.

From Salon • Feb. 27, 2026

Austria had wanted to punish Serbia, and then, one by one, other nations were drawn into the quarrel.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman