Synonyms for one by one
one by one

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1. one by oneadverb

   Synonyms:
   one at a time, sequentially, one after the other, serially

2. one by oneadverb

   Individually in succession; one at a time.

   The passengers escaped through the hatch one by one.

   Synonyms:
   one after the other, sequentially, serially, one at a time

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1. one by one, one after another, one at a timeadverb

   in single file

   "the prisoners came out one by one"

   Synonyms:
   one at a time, by the piece, on an individual basis, individually, one after another, separately, singly, severally

2. by the piece, one by oneadverb

   one piece at a time

   "she sold the plates by the piece"

   Synonyms:
   one at a time, by the piece, on an individual basis, individually, one after another, separately, singly, severally

3. individually, separately, singly, severally, one by one, on an individual basisadverb

   apart from others

   "taken individually, the rooms were, in fact, square"; "the fine points are treated singly"

   Synonyms:
   independently, by the piece, one after another, individually, respectively, separately, singly, severally, one at a time, on an individual basis

Suggested Resources

1. one by one

   Read the full text of the One By One poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox on the Poetry.com website.

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1. Wayne Kaufman:

   This is just a kneejerk reaction, based on a bear thesis that Express Scripts will start to dictate prices, i don't see how this is any different than any other company in another sector getting more competition. Soon people will go through the stocks one-by-one to see which got oversold.

2. James Scott:

   A Nation State or Cyber-Mercenary won’t hack e-voting machines one by one. This takes too long and will have minimal impact. Instead, they’ll take an easier approach like spear phishing the manufacturer with malware and poison the voting machine update pre-election and allow the manufacturer to update each individual machine with a self-deleting payload that will target the tabulation process.

3. The IOM:

   One of our witnesses said that the heat in the hold was unbearable, especially in the area close to the engine which was leaking fumes and fuel ... Those who were close to the engine could not move and started to die one by one.

4. Cristina Baker:

   At that moment, it was like the weight I had been carrying for over 20 years of my life was lifted, i came in one way and left that room a completely different person. My heart was set on fire. I felt free. I wanted to turn my life around. From there, I went through a process of healing. It took a few months to get off the drugs, but I was ready to be free from it all – the drugs, the alcohol, all the things I was doing that were hurting me and others. I just felt like God was breaking the chains one by one.

5. Sergei Udaltsov:

   If we do not show solidarity with each other, the system will break all of us one by one.