How to Use at once in a Sentence

at once

phrase
  • My impulse to wear two tanks at once didn’t come out of nowhere.
    — Emma Childs, Glamour, 17 July 2026
  • Those ideas didn't all get built at once, and some will never be built.
    — Lior Weinstein, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • This riff on a classic dessert is sweet, tangy, creamy, and crunchy all at once.
    — Marianne Williams, Southern Living, 30 July 2026
  • All eight episodes of the first season will be released at once.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 15 July 2026
  • Don't go too big at once because the quarters have not been that good.
    — Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2026
  • But this is a situation where two things can be true at once.
    — Luke Smith, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
  • There is a mix of people and problems to address all at once.
    — Luis Giraldo, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • That one architectural move can help do three things at once.
    — Neerav Vyas, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • This is how firms misprice agents in both directions at once.
    — Ajay Pundhir, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Avoid tackling your entire bedroom or garage all at once so you don’t get burned out.
    — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Jan. 2026
  • The design attempts to serve both sides of the transaction at once.
    — Arthur Zackiewicz, Footwear News, 14 July 2026
  • Twin nursing pillows are designed to feed two babies at once.
    — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
  • And then, slowly and all at once, battle is upon this once sleepy market town.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Some crashes involve more than one party sharing fault at once.
    — Matthew Kayser, Kansas City Star, 20 Aug. 2026
  • That doesn't hold when AI is producing work across the whole team at once.
    — Daria Rudnik, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • That helps explain why the sale’s final tally tells two stories at once.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 1 July 2026
  • Then there's the founder, who in most of these businesses is the brains, the muscle, and the glue all at once.
    — Louis Mosca, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • This means that shooting down a small drone with three bullets at once is much easier than with one.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 8 July 2026
  • There was too much change happening at once—a new house, a new baby sister, and now a new school.
    — Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 20 July 2026
  • Software is now turning up against semis, against the tech sector, and against the whole market at once.
    — Todd Gordon, CNBC, 8 July 2026
  • Can any human being be a true friend to thousands or even millions of people at once?
    — Belonging Forum, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • Focus on what matters instead of trying to tackle it all at once.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Start with one manageable area instead of trying to reset the whole house at once.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 22 Aug. 2026
  • The goal is a space that feels collected over time rather than decorated all at once.
    — Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2026
  • There’s also a lot of conversion work happening across the city all at once.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 8 July 2026
  • How does a single book at once condemn and captivate a nation?
    — Anne Haley, Time, 11 Aug. 2026
  • What used to move through a narrow, validated funnel now flows through all at once.
    — Matt Waxman, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • Then, real people start using it, and the trust issues surface at once.
    — Saran Siva, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • Keep it simple instead of trying to change everything at once.
    — Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Swangy is the word the food industry is using to describe flavors that hit sweet, spicy and tangy all at once.
    — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026

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