once
A1Frequent NGSL-1UK /wʌns/US /wʌns/
Meaning
adverb
on one occasion only; one time
“I've only been there once.”
conjunction
as soon as; when
“We didn't know how we would cope once the money had gone.”
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“things that only came along once in in a”
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“is not the only means of improving the game [Applause] experience I know on this point I risk being misunderstood so remember I am a man who once programed the baseball game”
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“we've got a once in a civilization's chance”
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