one-way

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Recent Examples of one-way What To Know The exclusive one-way charter flight, called AIRBOX Dubai, will feature live DJs throughout the journey along with drinks—including alcoholic drinks—as a pre-party for Sandbox Festival ticket holders. Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025 This summer, as a restricted free agent, new Blue Jackets GM Don Waddell signed him to a two-year deal that includes an NHL one-way contract next season. Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025 But in years past, agents might have escorted her to the San Diego airport and put her on a one-way flight to Vancouver, experts told USA TODAY. Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 12 Apr. 2025 This summer, as a restricted free agent, new Blue Jackets GM Don Waddell signed him to a two-year deal that includes an NHL one-way contract next season. Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for one-way
Recent Examples of Synonyms for one-way
Adjective
  • Divisions at Home and Anxiety Abroad A growing chorus of House and Senate Republicans have called out Trump's trade policies and the unilateral way they were implemented.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
  • The Trump administration's plans include a unilateral 10% levy that took effect this weekend, as well as steeper tariffs on countries including China, Vietnam and Taiwan — nations that manufacture a significant number of devices and machine components for major U.S. tech companies.
    Pia Singh, CNBC, 7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The Mavericks, on the other hand, were more or less a one-man band.
    Kevin Dotson, CNN Money, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Antetokounmpo is a one-man siege engine—he’ll pound the paint until the wall breaks.
    Brian Sampson, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The deciding set was even more one-sided with Musetti clearly struggling with an injury, even after getting treatment at 0-3 down.
    George Ramsay, CNN Money, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Edwards was dominated and submitted in the fourth round by Sean Brady in a one-sided main event of a London crowd that was short on action.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Rescuers used two fire boats, a helicopter and personal watercraft to look for the boy, as well as personnel on the beach, Guzman said.
    David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Its network of over 900 successful professionals is worth over $5.7 billion as of this writing, and the group is quickly gaining notoriety for its significant influence not just on professional but personal growth.
    Kody Boye, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The singer-songwriter first announced the single in January 2024 with an audio excerpt posted on Instagram.
    Abigail Lee, Variety, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Without a single source of truth, organizations struggle to make informed decisions, manage costs or build resilience in the face of unpredictability.
    Sarah Jones, Sourcing Journal, 10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Well, that and transforming a deeply solitary hobby into something much more communal.
    Leila Herrmann, Vogue, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Of Kompany’s eight outfield substitutes on Tuesday, two — Lennart Karl and Jonah Kusi-Asare (both 17) have never played a Bundesliga or European minute for the club, and a third, Jonathan Asp (19) only has a solitary senior minute to his name.
    Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Pathways on Google Cloud simplifies scaling beyond individual Ironwood Pods, allowing for the orchestration of hundreds of thousands of Ironwood chips for next-generation AI computational requirements.
    Maribel Lopez, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
  • Tkachuk has not played for the Panthers since then but did begin skating again on March 31 and has spent the past two weeks doing individual drills to get his conditioning back.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 14 Apr. 2025

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