single-shot
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of single-shot
An Americanism dating back to 1885–90
Example Sentences
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Singh said the single-shot technique "can feel like a gimmick" but that the acting is "phenomenal".
From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2025
Soderbergh’s camera moves slowly enough for the viewer to forget that they’re an active part of his film, letting each long, single-shot take wander as it would if we were surveying the house ourselves.
From Salon ● Jan. 24, 2025
The show is technically a sequel to the 2021 movie “Boiling Point,” a single-shot movie about one catastrophic night at a fancy restaurant.
From New York Times ● May 10, 2024
Prior to demonstrating the high single-shot readout fidelity of bolometers in their most recent paper, the QCD research group first showed that bolometers can be used for ultrasensitive, real-time microwave measurements in 2019.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 10, 2024
Most rifles and muskets at the start of the war were single-shot muzzle-loaders, that is, a bullet was inserted through the front, or muzzle, of the weapon.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
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