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The phrase "a one time diversion" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an activity or event that is intended to be temporary or not repeated.
Example: "The unexpected rainstorm was a one time diversion from our usual outdoor activities, prompting us to stay indoors and play games."
Alternatives: "a temporary distraction" or "a single diversion".
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"There was a one-time diversion of major meeting events to the New York market".
Official police diversions are discretionary means to stop people from getting convictions heading straight to jail without passing Go or collecting $200 just because they made a small, illegal mistake that one time and got caught doing it.
LONG AFTER the Canadian James Naismith dreamed up a winter-time diversion called basketball, the Europeans went to work codifying another winter-time diversion.
A big one-time loss.
Currently, nearly half of Emergency Departments (EDs) are reporting operating at or over capacity, and one-third report some time on diversion, the most frequent reason being the lack of staffed critical care beds [ 16].
At these times diversion is most important.
On one level the games are simply entertainment, leisure-time diversions in a prosperous country.
If so, it was a time-consuming diversion.
Not often does he seek diversion in the company of his one-time inseparable companion, Mr. Jack Kearns.
But if theatre is to survive these dark times as anything other than one more diversion for the metropolitan rich, it will need to lay out the ground for a better world than the one offered to us by those same rich folk and their hirelings.
"It's a waste of time and a diversion for management.
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