one-on-one
Example Sentences
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Texas A&M’s M.B.A. candidates are required to do intense preparation before career fairs, and a counselor met with him one on one to help him prepare for specific interviews and practice salary negotiations.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
The leaders then spent more than half an hour talking one on one, before a classic of the Trumpian genre – a rolling, free-wheeling question-and-answer session with reporters, lasting more than an hour.
From BBC • Jul. 28, 2025
Lue said Zubac won’t have to defend his counterpart one on one all game.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2024
In the third quarter, on a first down at the Rams’ 14 yard-line, the Bears bunched four receivers on the right so that Moore could work one on one against cornerback Tre’Davious White.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2024
“You ready to go one on one, Dad?”
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
