one-time event
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event
noun[C]
uk/ɪˈvent/us/ɪˈvent/
anything that happens, especially something important ...
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(Definition ofone-time-teacher-doctor-cleaner-etcandeventfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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With habitual stories, the imperfect was true, and the preterite was false; withone-timeeventstories, the preterite was true, whereas the imperfect was false.
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The age-related loss in ability appears to persist through childhood, and perhaps through adolescence; it is gradual, rather than a catastrophicone-timeevent.
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Thus, trade liberalization has been a gradual process rather than an immediate,one-timeevent.
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To ensure they captured theone-timeevent, multiple cameras from several angles were used.
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Initially intended to be aone-timeevent, its great success resulted in playing the game annually.
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The invention of writing was not aone-timeevent, but a gradual process initiated by the appearance of symbols, possibly first for cultic purposes.
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Though it was meant to be aone-timeevent, the two form a friends-with-benefits relationship.
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He argues that aone-timeeventis subject to improbability but once under way, natural selection itself is nothing like random chance.
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The run was intended to be aone-timeeventto help celebrate the dedication of the hospital's newly constructed additions.
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Initially intended to be aone-timeevent, its great success resulted in making the game an annual one.
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They can be seasonal, ongoing, or tied to a particularone-timeevent.
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The festival was initially planned for the 20th anniversary of the magazine in 2003 as aone-timeevent.
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It is uncertain whether this is aone-timeeventor if this will happen in following years.
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The program may be aone-timeevent, or an ongoing series of events, that serves children ranging in age from kindergarten through tenth grade.
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The requests for money can be aone-timeevent, or repeated over an extended period of time.
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Family vacation can be ritual - for example, annually around the same time - or it can beone-timeevent.
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As a wedding is aone-timeevent, the photographer must be prepared for the unexpected.
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