- a variation of one-time.
onetime
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But there were moments Tuesday when the women’s history as colleagues — and onetime allies — informed their attacks on one another.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
So was my stepfather, the onetime parent of a sensibly nuclear family, who found himself in his 80s and 90s, at the head of a much longer, noisier dinner table.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Her tale of a onetime music prodigy takes in the ambition of an artist at her peak and the “spiral of life-altering disasters” that bring her crashing to earth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
The onetime Calvin Klein model had checked into the facility just hours before, around 10 p.m.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
As the gold cloaks ushered out their onetime commander, Tyrion called Ser Jacelyn to his side and handed him a roll of parchment.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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