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- adjective That is likely to happen only once in one's lifetime.
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Examples
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Snow is even predicted to fall on the hills around Auckland, 660km to the north, in what the MetService is describing as a once-in-a-lifetime storm.
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Wearing a tie and button-down shirt with his sleeves rolled up, the president began by referring to the "once-in-a-lifetime economic crisis" facing the nation, saying his administration knew "it was going to take years" to rebuild.
CNN.com 2011
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Must-do deals will still happen, like the El Paso acquisition, which Kinder Morgan's chairman and chief executive, Richard D. Kinder, called a "once-in-a-lifetime transaction."
unknown title 2011
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Wearing a tie and button-down shirt with his sleeves rolled up, the president began by referring to the "once-in-a-lifetime economic crisis" facing the nation, saying his administration knew "it was going to take years" to rebuild.
CNN.com 2011
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Wearing a tie and button-down shirt with his sleeves rolled up, the president began by referring to the "once-in-a-lifetime economic crisis" facing the nation, saying his administration knew "it was going to take years" to rebuild.
CNN.com 2011
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Wearing a tie and button-down shirt with his sleeves rolled up, the president began by referring to the "once-in-a-lifetime economic crisis" facing the nation, saying his administration knew "it was going to take years" to rebuild.
CNN.com 2011
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Rappers Melle Mel and Scorpio, part of the Furious Five, joined Grandmaster Flash on the Grammy stage Wednesday to perform the iconic song, "The Message," along with Lupe Fiasco, Common and LL Cool J, an experience that the DJ described as "once-in-a-lifetime."
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Wearing a tie and button-down shirt with his sleeves rolled up, the president began by referring to the "once-in-a-lifetime economic crisis" facing the nation, saying his administration knew "it was going to take years" to rebuild.
CNN.com 2011
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Wake up and see this marvelous party—this once-in-a-lifetime, never-ending, greatest show on Earth.
The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010
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"This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to bring a breakthrough medicine and treatment approach to cancer patients around the world," he said.
Dendreon Names New CEO Peter Loftus 2012
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