single-shot
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of single-shot
An Americanism dating back to 1885–90
Example Sentences
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From its 15-year-old star to its risky single-shot direction and unsettlingly resonant themes, the limited series “Adolescence” was as close to perfection as a piece of television gets.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 15, 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
That challenge will be doubly complicated with the QUT vaccine, though, because it requires two doses, as opposed to UniSC's single-shot formula.
From BBC • Dec. 29, 2024
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
Booth chose as his primary weapon a .44 caliber, single-shot, muzzle-loading pistol manufactured by Henry Deringer of Philadelphia.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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