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View definitions for once-in-a-lifetime

once-in-a-lifetime

adjective as in special

Strongest match

Weak match

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Major League Baseball has a once-in-a-lifetime player in the World Series, a once-in-a-generation clash of the titans as the matchup, a blessed chance to reclaim at least some of the verity behind the phrase “national pastime.”

The real threat, says the country's opposition, represented in the forthcoming elections by several pro-Western coalitions, is the loss of Georgian democracy along with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to join the European Union.

From BBC

State and local leaders must take action to reverse this trend and ensure that these once-in-a-lifetime settlement funds are used to help — not hurt — North Carolinians.

From Salon

Their president of trading cards, David Leiner, explains that Ohtani is popular not just for being a "once-in-a-lifetime player".

From BBC

Co-host Mould described the find as a "once-in-a-lifetime discovery", adding that there was a massive desire for the work of high-quality women artists, on both sides of the Atlantic.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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