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Voters easily chose Booker over his Republican opponent, recent Garden State transplant and one-time conservative hero Jeff Bell.
Cory Booker Wins Big in New Jersey|Olivia Nuzzi|November 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Susli, the one-time chemistry grad student, started helping Lloyd and Postol with research into hexamine.
The Kardashian Look-Alike Trolling for Assad|Noah Shachtman, Michael Kennedy|October 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The whole stack was re-evaluated—a “one-time decision,” said a memo from the advisory council, due to “extraneous circumstances.”
At This Creepy Libertarian Charter School, Kids Must Swear ‘to Be Obedient to Those in Authority’|ProPublica|October 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She's well spoken, educated, and sober—a far cry from the one-time face of the adult world, Jenna Jameson.
Porn Keeps Up with the Kardashians: Belle Knox on the Mainstreaming of Adult Stars|Aurora Snow|September 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The one-time anti-bullying champion let his attorney seek to lump the victim together with the victimizer.
Ray Rice Should Have Remembered His 'Kindness' Anti-Bullying Wristband|Michael Daly|September 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A brief description of this one-time notorious rendezvous of freebooters might not be out of place.
Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates|Howard Pyle
It cannot be done; for however numerous the possibilities may be, the actual deed is a one-time affair.
The Goose Man|Jacob Wassermann
Yea, all eyes were upon the pretty, witty Nell; the one-time orange-girl; now queen of the theatre, and the idol of the Lane.
Mistress Nell|George C. Hazelton, Jr.
Karara Trehern of the Alii, the one-time Hawaiian god-chieftain line, was an exceedingly pretty girl.
Key Out of Time|Andre Alice Norton
The sculptor Carrier-Belleuse is now in possession of Karr's old rooms, and his studio covers the one-time garden.
The Stones of Paris in History and Letters, Volume II (of 2)|Benjamin Ellis Martin

British Dictionary definitions for one-time

one-time

adjective

(prenominal) at some time in the past; former

adverb

Caribbean informal at once

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