one-way

Example Sentences

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In a totalitarian system, “loyalty is a one-way street,” Pei told me.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Strategy’s stock dropped Monday after the company disclosed a rare bitcoin sale, rattling investors who have long treated the company as a one-way bet on the cryptocurrency.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026

“Renewables require a completely different kind of grid,” says Luca Moro, chief investment officer at energy-focused fund SpesX, “a capillary system instead of one-way transmission from a power plant.”

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

As usual throughout the competition, all pairs were banned from travelling by air and given a total budget at the start of £1,297 per person - the cost of a one-way plane ticket.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

It was a twenty-block drive to school, fourteen of them down a two-lane one-way street.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu