one at a time
Example Sentences
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Navy ships will be led by vessels equipped to detect and dodge or eliminate mines one at a time.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
Instead of identifying individual galaxies one at a time, Line Intensity Mapping measures how strongly a specific element appears across an entire region of space.
From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2026
“I want to put a classic car back out in the streets, one at a time, every single day if I can.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026
Another tip Angie shares is her technique of splitting clutter into small boxes which she tackled one at a time "in a relaxed way".
From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026
There’s a woman and a man I’ve never seen before, directing people through the metal detectors, one at a time.
From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas
