one person at a time

Example Sentences

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But constitutional harm does not always occur one person at a time.

From Slate • Jun. 27, 2025

However, the guidance says where possible mixed-sex toilets or changing facilities should be provided, with lockable rooms intended to be used by one person at a time, in addition to single-sex facilities.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2025

Roughly shoulder-width, it invites one person at a time to walk down the hall looking straight ahead.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2025

And it doesn’t promise a cure, merely that the hope of finding a common covenant, one person at a time, may have to be enough.

From Salon • Jan. 26, 2024

That was the day they found out that it really was impossible for more than one person at a time to get through the hole in the fence, no matter how hard they tried.

From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder