Examples of onetime in a Sentence
Adjective
a onetime actor now turned singer
with any luck, that was a onetime mistake
Adverb
an athlete who onetime competed in marathons on a regular basis
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Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 22 May 2025
This past spring, Sandra Dumont-Jackson, who since 2020 had been its inaugural director and CEO, departed, with Lucas taking up curatorial direction duties and Jim Gianopulos, the onetime chairman and CEO of 20th Century Fox and Paramount Pictures, taking over as interim CEO.
—News Desk, Artforum, 21 May 2025
Rebecca Luther, TVLine, 11 Mar. 2025
Tiffany Haddish, onetime supporting-actress hopeful for the breakout summer comedy Girls Trip.
—Zach Schonfeld, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2025
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Adjective
Calley, thirty-nine, is a onetime food and pharma consultant; a top adviser to the H.H.S. secretary, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.; and a co-founder of Truemed, a platform for spending H.S.A. and F.S.A. dollars on life-style interventions such as cold plunges, red-light therapy, and Levels.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 22 May 2025
This past spring, Sandra Dumont-Jackson, who since 2020 had been its inaugural director and CEO, departed, with Lucas taking up curatorial direction duties and Jim Gianopulos, the onetime chairman and CEO of 20th Century Fox and Paramount Pictures, taking over as interim CEO.
—News Desk, Artforum, 21 May 2025
Adverb
According to our sister site Deadline, which first reported the project, Huertas will also executive-produce alongside The Rookie creator Alexi Hawley, while onetime Arrow co-showrunner Wendy Mericle will write the script.
—Rebecca Luther, TVLine, 11 Mar. 2025
Tiffany Haddish, onetime supporting-actress hopeful for the breakout summer comedy Girls Trip.
—Zach Schonfeld, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2025
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“Onetime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/onetime. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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