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Idiom

once again

Meaning

Again, once more, one more time.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“Please explain that once again.”

“The train was delayed once again, so I arrived at the office late.”

“Despite the repeated failures of the previous experiments, the researchers decided to test their hypothesis once again with a more precise set of instruments.”

Examples

simple

“Please explain that once again.”

contextual

“The train was delayed once again, so I arrived at the office late.”

complex

“Despite the repeated failures of the previous experiments, the researchers decided to test their hypothesis once again with a more precise set of instruments.”

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