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one

[wuhn] / wʌn /


NOUN
unspecified individual
Synonyms
STRONGEST


PRONOUN
a person or thing of a number or kind indicated
Synonyms
STRONG
WEAK


Example Sentences

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A 13-day streak of temperatures being at 0C or below -one of the longest streaks for New York City since 1963 - ended on Friday after temperatures briefly tipped above 0C.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026

The names for aldehyde and ketone compounds are derived using similar nomenclature rules as for alkanes and alcohols, and include the class-identifying suffixes -al and -one, respectively:

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

This would be a big reversal – -one that would require a very large standing military.

From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2016

Others thought they would never see the day that in conservative Idaho -one of the most Republican-dominated states in the nation- same-sex marriage would be legalized.

From Washington Times • Dec. 28, 2014

It's too bad, really, that they hold the reaping in the square -one of the few places in District 12 that can be pleasant.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins




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