on one's

Idioms  

1. In addition to the following idioms beginning with on one's, also see under on someone's.

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Example Sentences

According to the OpenAI app, Claude is “an earnest grade student who will not take a position. If you ask Claude, ‘Is this policy good,’ it replies: ‘It can be understood as operating within a broader ethical framework that may, depending on one’s normative commitment.’

From The Wall Street Journal

Depending on one’s relationship to the deceased, official mourning lasted from three months to more than two years after the funeral.

From Literature

“Well, then, a stiltskin is something that must be found on one’s own. It can’t be borrowed or stolen. It has to be yours.”

From Literature

That determination to live on one’s own terms, no matter how gnarly or weird other people thought you were, is what fueled Fat Mike and NOFX, and judging from the trailer, that hasn’t changed.

From Los Angeles Times

Investing does seem to be an area where there are lessons that usually cannot be taught, only painfully learned on one’s own.

From Barron's