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one

[wuhn] / wʌn /


NOUN
unspecified individual
Synonyms
STRONGEST


PRONOUN
a person or thing of a number or kind indicated
Synonyms
STRONG
WEAK


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To make sure you arrive in time for each wedding, I’d save the price of one round-trip ticket just in case you need to make a costly flight change.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

But those funds are about to lose “whatever scarcity value” they once had, one expert warns.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

British number one Raducanu was dominant for most of the contest, winning the first eight games without reply before going on to complete a 6-0 6-3 victory over the Russian qualifier.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Gone is any chance of the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates soon, for one thing.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

We know she was less than five feet tall and fewer than one hundred pounds, yet tough enough to cross battlefields as bullets rained around her.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly




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